House of Bone and Rain

by Gabino Iglesias

If someone killed my mom, I would burn the world to cinders.

We all think we’re braver than we are.

And sometimes we make excuses for the people we love just so we can allow ourselves to keep loving them.

Everything in life has a fucking price.

Revenge is the most beautiful, most destructive ballet in the world, and you can’t have a part of it without the opposite half.

Fear makes your innermost truths come floating to the surface.

Vengeance can be the world’s most powerful motor, but if you’re successful, then you kill that motor and you’re left with nothing.

Push someone hard enough and you either destroy them or unlock the monster that lives inside.

Vengeance is like any other drug; it destroys your life while making you feel good for a useless moment.