Ksenia

“You can achieve everything in this world, but if it’s for someone else, it’s pointless. Live for yourself.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, Blood Heir

“So I am to sit here and feed you information,” Cardan says, leaning against a hickory tree. “And you’re to go charm royalty? That seems entirely backward.”
I fix him with a look. “I can be charming. I charmed you, didn’t I?”
He rolls his eyes. “Do not expect others to share my depraved tastes.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Papa had once told her, after Mama’s death, that there were two types of grief. One was the type that crushed you, that broke your soul and shattered your heart, and left you an empty shell. The other was a grief that made you stronger. You rose from it, you sharpened it, and you carried it with you as a piece of your armor. And you made yourself better. In that way, you never truly lost that person. You carried them with you.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, Blood Heir

“Don’t go where I can’t follow.”
― Amélie Wen Zhao, Blood Heir