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“Maybe our skin doesn’t scar the same as yours, but our hearts do. Sometimes they never heal.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Men want power because it makes them feel good. Women want power because it lets us do things.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Don’t let them take her,” I begged again. The edges of my vision grew dark. And Raihn leaned very close to me—closer than I ever allowed anyone—as he murmured, solemn as a vow, “I won’t.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Do you want to change this world, little serpent? Then climb your cage until you are so high no one can catch you. Break its bars and make them your weapons. Nothing is sharper. I know because I did it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night