Grace

“Brooding, simmering and raging in the ground, deep beneath the earth that once loved him, Ouranos compressed all his fury and divine energy into the very rock itself, hoping that one day some excavating creature somewhere would mine it and try to harness the immortal power that radiated from within. That could never happen, of course. It would be too dangerous. Surely the race had yet to be born that could be so foolish as to attempt to unleash the power of uranium?”
― Stephen Fry, Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold

“You make light of everything.”
“I make nothing too heavy to bear.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie

“Everyone's hungry for our children," she said, and her voice cracked. "The whole world wants to gobble up colored children and no matter how many it takes it just licks its lips and wants more.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“Nirrim, I can't be good to you."
"Then be bad.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie