Kristen C

“She looked over at her brother and knew without doubt he was the color to her shade.”
― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End

“None of us are any one thing. We’re just a collection of the best and worst things we’ve done.”
― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End

“Do not get distracted. Do not linger. You are a warrior, and warriors know when to pick their fights.'
I nodded, our breath mingling.
Rhys growled. 'They took what is ours. And we do not allow those crimes to go unpunished.'
His power rippled and swirled around me.
'You do not fear,' Rhys breathed. 'You do not falter. You do not yield. You go in, you get her, and you come out again.'
I nodded again, holding his stare.
'Remember that you are a wolf. And you cannot be caged.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Single women could work all they wanted; married women locked themselves into a gilded cage. All of that had seemed natural before. Now, it made me angry. Now, I saw how a woman might sometimes want to steer her own course rather than trail her husband like a favored dog.”
― Therese Anne Fowler, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald