A Court of Mist and Fury

I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal.
I was a survivor, and I was strong.

I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal.
I was a survivor, and I was strong.

A brush of his tongue against the seam of my lips had me opening fully for him, and he swept in, claiming me, branding me.

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I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you.

And I realized—I realized how badly I'd been treated before, if my standards had become so low. If the freedom I'd been granted felt like a privilege and not an inherent right.

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I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you.

And I realized—I realized how badly I'd been treated before, if my standards had become so low. If the freedom I'd been granted felt like a privilege and not an inherent right.

He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key. He was the one who let me out.

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."

Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”

❝I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would not be weak, or helpless again. I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.❞

❝I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would not be weak, or helpless again. I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.❞

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”

“To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.”

“[I knew that] I would never be a gentle grower of things, or someone who burned like fire—but that I would be quiet and enduring and as faceted as the night. That I would have beauty, for those who knew where to look, and if people didn’t bother to look, but to only fear it...then I didn’t particularly care for them, anyway.”

“I am drowning. And the more you do this...you might as well be shoving my head under the water.”

“The issue isn’t whether he loved you, it’s how much. Too much. Love can be a poison.”

“There is the darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes, the darkness that is restful.” I pictured each. “There is the darkness of lovers, and the darkness of assassins. It becomes what the bearer wishes it to be, needs it to be. It is not wholly bad or good.”

“Sweep it under the rug, like everything else.”

“There are good days and hard days for me—even now. Don’t let the hard days win.”

“I have so many things to deal with that I’m sometimes tempted to unleash my power across the world and wipe the board clean. Just to buy me some damned peace.” #relatable

“You remain your own person. You decide your fate—your choices. Not me. You chose yesterday. You choose every day. Forever.”

“I once lived in a place where the opinion of others mattered. It suffocated me, nearly broke me. [...] with enough courage, you can say to hell with a reputation. You do what you love, what you need.”

“I wonder if, even in my despair and hopelessness, I was never truly alone. I wonder if I was looking for this place—looking for you all.”

“I’m thinking, that I look at you and feel like I’m dying. Like I can’t breathe.”

“You think I don’t know how stories get written—how this story will be written? I am the dark lord, who stole away the bride of spring. I am a demon, and a nightmare, and I will meet a bad end. He is the golden prince–the hero who will get to keep you as his reward for not dying of stupidity and arrogance.”

"Love was balm as much as it was poison"

"He locked you up because he knew- the bastard knew what treasure you are. That you are worth more than land and jewels.