“It’s okay to be afraid. But not okay if be afraid means you do nothing. You must not do nothing. That’s not life worth living.”
― The Astonishing Color of After
― The Astonishing Color of After
“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“I don't love you. And I can kill anything.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“This is my room,” he points out, affronted. “And that’s my wife.”
“So you keep telling everyone,” the Bomb says. “But I am going to take out her stitches, and I don’t think you want to watch that.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” I say. “Maybe he’d like to hear me scream.”
“I would,” Cardan says, standing. “And perhaps one day I will.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“So you keep telling everyone,” the Bomb says. “But I am going to take out her stitches, and I don’t think you want to watch that.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” I say. “Maybe he’d like to hear me scream.”
“I would,” Cardan says, standing. “And perhaps one day I will.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“The things we do to avoid difficult things are often worse than the difficult thing.”
― Last Night
― Last Night
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