Allysia

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“[Silence] is a blanket
we pull over our heads
to hide from the world--
where difficulty breathing
is the price we pay
for an illusion
of safety.”
― Joanna Ho, The Silence that Binds Us: After her brother's suicide, a Taiwanese American teen confronts anti-Asian hate and family silence to find her voice

“Is silence neutrality if it protects my family?”
― Joanna Ho, The Silence that Binds Us: After her brother's suicide, a Taiwanese American teen confronts anti-Asian hate and family silence to find her voice