“Maybe there were people who lived those lives. Maybe this girl was one of them. But what about the rest of us? What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you weren’t chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“Do that thing you do where you use too many words to say something simple and confuse the issue.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“I know it may be impossible to believe now, when everything is dark and broken, but you will survive this pain, little one. Pain is a memory. You will live and you will struggle and you will find joy. And you will remember your family from this breath to your dying days, because love does not fade. Love is the stars, and its light carries on long after death.”
― Iron Gold
― Iron Gold
“Well, here I am, you deviant bitch. Here I bloody am. The motherfucking consequence.”
― Dark Age
― Dark Age
“Why are you taking this so personally?”
“Wouldn’t you?”
“I have no idea. I’ve always been beautiful.”
“And humble too?”
― Shadow and Bone
“Wouldn’t you?”
“I have no idea. I’ve always been beautiful.”
“And humble too?”
― Shadow and Bone
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