Bethany J

“Small places make for small lives. And some people are fine with that. They like knowing where to put their feet. But if you only walk in other people’s steps, you cannot make your own way. You cannot leave a mark.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Ah … children, they are very forgiving,” said the commander, proving to Nona she had never been around children.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“And there in the dark, he asks if it was really worth it.
Were the instants of joy worth the stretches of sorrow?
Were the moments of beauty worth the year of pain?
And she turns her head, and looks at him, and says 'Always.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“She said no, and learned how much the word was worth.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue