Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab

“Knowledge is power, María. Never turn it down.

“One can be alone without feeling lonely,” she muses. “One can feel lonely without being alone.”

nothing’s permanent. Who you were isn’t who you have to be.”

“The world will try to make you small. It will tell you to be modest, and meek. But the world is wrong. You should get to feel and love and live as boldly as you want.”