Throne of Ice and Blood (Flame and Thorns, #2)

by Marion Blackwood

This world is cruel and unfair. And if you’re too kind and too trusting and too empathetic, people will only take advantage of you.”

“It doesn’t matter what you do, some people will always hate you. You could do everything they ask, give them everything you have, and it would still never be enough. They will still hate you. Either because of their own insecurities. Or because they have been taught to hate you.”