Emilie

“There’s no such thing as normal people,” I said, a desperate flailing. “There’s just people, and some of them are miserable, and some of them are happy, and you’ve the same right to be happy as any of them—no more and no less.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate

“That’s the key, isn’t it? To know the darkness will always remain, but how you choose to face it, handle it … that’s the important part. To not let it consume.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames

“There was no trace of the affectionate lapdog that had tried to lick Creiddylad’s ears or even the barking hound that I had seen from the cliffs. This was a creature of the hunt. A distant part of my mind was finally understanding the appeal of dogs,”
― Molly O'Neill, Greenteeth

“I gave her my heart, Tam thought, miserably, and she gave me a knife.”
― Nicholas Eames, Bloody Rose