King of Scars (King of Scars, #1)

by Leigh Bardugo

“It’s not exciting if nothing can go wrong.”

Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.

“Just listen to her. Ask her questions. Women don’t want to be seduced. They want to be seen and listened to. You can’t do either of those things if you’re thinking up strategies on how to win her over

“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting

yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself,

Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.