Rae Jackson

“You say you’re happy. I believe you. But happiness isn’t something that can be sustained continuously, not without something to keep the fire burning.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

“Hybern has long viewed the days before the War as a golden era. And these centuries since as a dark age.” I rubbed at my chest. “They’re all insane, to think that.” Rhys nodded. “Yes—they certainly are. But don’t forget that their king has encouraged these limited world views. He did not expand their trade routes, did not allow other territories to take any of his land and bring their cultures. He considered where things went wrong for the Loyalists in the War. How they ultimately yielded not from being overwhelmed but because they began arguing amongst themselves. Hybern has had a long, long while to think on those mistakes. And how to avoid them at any cost. So he made sure his people are completely for this war, completely for the idea of the wall coming down, because they think it will somehow restore this … gilded vision of the past.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin