Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab

“Careful. In nature, beauty is a warning. The pretty ones are often poisonous.”

“A name is like a dress. It might be by nature pretty or plain, but it is the person wearing it who matters most.”

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

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