The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)

by Holly Black

“Love is stupid. All we do is break one another’s hearts.”

Maybe it isn’t the worst thing to want to be loved, even if you’re not. Even if it hurts. Maybe being human isn’t always being weak. Maybe it was the shame that was the problem.

It’s okay to want something that’s going to hurt,

I can’t believe he said that and then just walked out, leaving me reeling. I am going to strangle him.

Let me have everything I ever wanted, everything I ever dreamed, and eternal misery along with it.