Cristina

“Rich people are fascinated by happiness,” she said. “It’s something they find maddening.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face

“You know I’m not saying that. Please, assume my good faith. It’ll save time. The world is at stake.”

“For some of us there are bigger things than the world.”

“Like the mathematical truth of existence?”

“Like the fate of our souls. You keep saying, The world will end if you don’t do what I want. But maybe doing what you want is worse than the end of the world. Maybe that’s why we have religion, did you ever think that? So that we can do the right thing even when there’s no good worldly reason.”
― Seth Dickinson, Exordia

“I bring homemade cakes to my meetings with the division heads and they all adore me. I’m described as “worth my weight in gold.” Joshua brings bad news to his divisional meetings and his weight is measured in other substances.”
― Sally Thorne, The Hating Game

“Once you turn your back on something, you have no more right to act as though you own it.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth