Damara > Damara's Quotes

“I used to think it was vital to know things, to feel safe in the learning and recounting of facts. I used to think it was possible to know enough to escape from the panic of not knowing, but I realize now that you can never learn enough to protect yourself, not really.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

“To know the ocean, I have always felt, is to recognize the teeth it keeps half hidden.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

“To the youngest generations we’ve tasked with saving us all: You shouldn’t have to. I’m so sorry.”
― Kiersten White, Hide

“Finally, to everyone who still insists they pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps: For fuck’s sake, look up the origin of the saying.”
― Kiersten White, Hide

“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“Hatred is the sincerest form of flattery.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“A life worth having is a life worth taking.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Time isn't the same for the mad and the blind.”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Hesitation is the death of advantage.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“My eldest sister was right; I would smile blithely if someone tried to saw off my leg. But no one ever told me I was allowed to scream”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn

“They are not terrible. They are just the truth.”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn

“A dragon without its rider is a tragedy.
A rider without their dragon is dead.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Hope is a fickle, dangerous thing. It steals your focus and aims it toward the possibilities instead of keeping it where it belongs—on the probabilities.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“There is nothing more sacred than the Archives. Even temples can be rebuilt, but books cannot be rewritten.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“I will not die today.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“The right way isn’t the only way.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Justice is not always merciful.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Just because your body is built differently than the others doesn't mean you don't deserve to keep your seat.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Morals create a labyrinth of rules geared toward blaming the victim”
― Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

“Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“All you children playing with fire, looking surprised when the house burns down”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“There were always excuses for why girls died”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“Someone pays for the mistakes we make... Either we do, or we leave it to those who come after us.”
― Hannah F. Whitten, For the Throne

“Heroes and villains and the spaces between, a prism that changed reflections depending on the angle you turned it.”
― Hannah F. Whitten, For the Throne

“To anyone who grew thorns instead of flowers--You had your reasons.”
― Hannah F. Whitten, For the Throne

“They all knew that love made monstrous things necessary sometimes. They all knew their own capacity to burn worlds down.”
― Hannah F. Whitten, For the Throne

“I kill my own monsters.”
― Hannah F. Whitten, For the Throne