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“There was a song in this forest, too, but it was a savage song, whispering of madness and tearing and rage.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“His name tasted of fire and wings, of curling smoke, of subtlety and strength and the rasping whisper of scales.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“Be proud of the wrinkles and lines that life has given you! They’re a symbol of the promises you’ve made to your family and of your achievements. All important events leave scars.”
― Stacia Kane, City of Ghosts

“He kisses me with the desperation of a dying man who believes the magic of eternal life is in this kiss.”
― Susan Ee, Angelfall

“Duty is bitter to taste but sweet to drink.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

“When a dress is torn, you know, you can just pin it up, or you can take the time to sew it together. That’s what it means. The quick and easy way, or the painful way that works.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Crimson Bound

“Tell me what it is like to die,” I answered. He dismounted from his horse, looking at me strangely the whole while. “You experience something similar every day,” he said softly. “It is as familiar to you as bread and butter.” “Yes,” I said. “It is like every night when I fall asleep.” “No. It is like every morning when you wake up.”
― Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death

“Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return. —Albert Camus”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Death is like an old friend who pays a visit, sometimes when it’s least expected and other times when you’re waiting for her. It’s neither the first nor the last time she’ll pay a visit, but that doesn’t make any death less harsh or unforgiving.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere inbetween.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.”
― Patrick Ness, (A Monster Calls)

“The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day. You wanted her to go at the same time you were desperate for me to save her. Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“My mama knew herself, and there’s a fearsome power in that. Knowing exactly who you are and exactly what you’re capable of. Most folk would call it arrogance, I suppose. But most folk are fucking fools.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“There’s strength to be found in hatred. There’s a courage forged only in rage.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“My mama died when I was a boy,’ he told me softly. ‘She was all the stars in my sky. I remember wondering, if I loved her more than life itself, how could I go on living with her gone? But that is what we do, Little Lion. We carry the greatest burdens not on our shoulders, but in our hearts. But those taken from us never truly die. They await us in the light of God’s love.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“But hoping,” he said, “is how the impossible can be possible after all.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“That's the point of it, Bryce. Of life. To live, to love, knowing that it might all vanish tomorrow. It makes everything that much more precious.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Your heart has claws, fire-breather. But your soul?” His eyes met mine, aglow with affection I wasn’t sure I wanted or deserved. “Soft as silk.”
― Ella Fields, Kingdom of Villains

“Time changes with torment. It stretches on, lengthening seconds, extending minutes. I’ve learned that pain and fear have a way of prolonging. And as if that weren’t cruel enough, our minds make sure we relive those moments again and again and again, long after they’ve passed.  What a bastard, time is.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“you’ve endured so much pain, so much hate, and yet, it’s never once broken you. It’s never caused you to lash out or become cruel. That is strength, Farin. To endure cruelty and remain tender in heart. It takes strong skin not to develop a callous.”
― T.A. Lawrence, A Word so Fitly Spoken