The Sea Witch (Wicked Villains, #5)

by Katee Robert

“Stories aren’t real life.” “No, but they contain a multitude of lessons that a clever person heeds.”

The best cruelty lashes unexpectedly, the sweetest kindness can hurt so acutely.

“I’m saying that a smart person doesn’t let rage blind them to the realities of the world. No one is wholly good or wholly bad. If you know their motivations, you can use them to encourage the outcome you desire.”

Forgiveness isn’t a simple thing. It’s fluid and imprecise and often beyond me.

“You’re soft. Others might see that as a sin, but it’s not. It’s an asset. Cling to that as long as you possibly can, because you’ll lose part of yourself when you let the world make you hard.”

It doesn’t change the fact that I’ve sacrificed everything for people who will move on with their lives together and forget that I ever existed.

“There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that flourish in the shadows—and those that suffocate in them.

“Sometimes friends should play support, sometimes they should shine a light on hard truths.”