☾arina⭐︎

“I love your brother, Maven. You were right. You are only a shadow, and who looks at shadows when they have flame? Who would ever choose a monster over a god?”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“An interesting thing, the bison and the cow. So similar. Two branches of the same tree, though entirely different from one another. And separate as they are, divided as the two species can be, they can live alongside each other just fine. Mingle their herds. They can even breed.”
Next to me, Tiberias coughs, almost choking on a piece of food.
My cheeks flame hot.
Evangeline laughs into her hand.
Farley finishes the bottle of wine.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“I can't," I bite out, looking anywhere but his face. He responds quickly, with force. "Neither can I." "But I also can't - " Stay away. Keep doing this. Denying ourselves in the face of always-looming death. Tiberias hisses out a breath. "Neither can I.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“„Mare?“ The radio is in my hand before I can even think to ask for it. „I‘m here,“ I say, locking eyes with him across a canyon. „Is it too late?”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm