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“Have any of you wondered what I did with all the cash Pekka Rollins gave us?"
"Guns?" asked Jesper.
"Ships?" queried Inej.
"Bombs?" suggested Wylan.
"Political bribes?" offered Nina. They all looked at Matthias. "This is where you tell us how awful we are," she whispered.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“To love or to have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. To love is a consummation.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“One of the most beautiful things to do is to paint darkness, which nevertheless has light in it.”
― Van Gogh, Cartas a Théo