“Well, man, you know what they say."
No, I don't. I don't know what they say.
I don't even know who they are.
Who is this they?
They seem pretty smug.
They seem to think they know shit.
Fuck them.”
― Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
No, I don't. I don't know what they say.
I don't even know who they are.
Who is this they?
They seem pretty smug.
They seem to think they know shit.
Fuck them.”
― Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
“I used to think that revenge was about defending one’s honor, but it turns out that honor is just spite dressed up for Sunday.”
― The Queer Principles of Kit Webb
― The Queer Principles of Kit Webb
“He was silent for a moment, then said more quietly. 'But I know what you are talking about. I've felt like that before too. To be intimate with someone and feel not right afterward, too vulnerable and too seen.' He took a draw on his cigarette. 'I spend so much of my time not being seen. Explaining and quantifying myself.'
'Making myself small and unseen,' Madeline said. 'Unthreatening and unremarkable.'
'In everything,' Victor agreed. 'So, to not have to do that to be accepted without a fight, it can be almost painful. Getting what you want and not knowing what to do with it. I am good at being hurt and bad at being loved.”
― The Companion
'Making myself small and unseen,' Madeline said. 'Unthreatening and unremarkable.'
'In everything,' Victor agreed. 'So, to not have to do that to be accepted without a fight, it can be almost painful. Getting what you want and not knowing what to do with it. I am good at being hurt and bad at being loved.”
― The Companion
“I thought the assassin was moving kind of slow for an assassin. Maybe the magic had done something after all. Or maybe he felt sorry for me. That sort of thing happens among cutthroats more often than you'd expect.”
― The Assassin's Curse
― The Assassin's Curse
“He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.”
― The Darkest Minds
― The Darkest Minds
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