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“If you’re the sickness, I suppose you can’t also be the cure.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“His eyes are open, watching my flushed face, my ragged breathing. I try to stop myself from making embarrassing noises. It’s more intimate than the way he’s touching me, to be looked at like that. I hate that he knows what he’s doing and I don’t. I hate being vulnerable. I hate that I throw my head back, baring my throat. I hate the way I cling to him, the nails of one hand digging into his back, my thoughts splintering, and the single last thing in my head: that I like him better than I’ve ever liked anyone and that of all the things he’s ever done to me, making me like him so much is by far the worst.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Our eyes meet, and something dangerous sparks.

He hates you, I remind myself.

“Kiss me again,” he says, drunk and foolish. “Kiss me until I am sick of it.”

I feel those words, feel them like a kick to the stomach. He sees my expression and laughs, a sound full of mockery. I can’t tell which of us he’s laughing at.

He hates you. Even if he wants you, he hates you.

Maybe he hates you the more for it.

After a moment, his eyes flutter closed. His voice falls to a whisper, as though he’s talking to himself. “If you’re the sickness, I suppose you can’t also be the cure.”

He drifts off to sleep, but I am wide awake.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Once upon a time, there was a human girl stolen away by faeries, and because of that, she swore to destroy them.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Don't let her silence the storm inside you.”
― Kalyn Josephson, The Storm Crow

“We are more than what's been done to us. We are more then our anger.”
― Claire Legrand, Kingsbane

“It’s unfair that you should have to bear so much.” “Me? Or women?”
― Claire Legrand, Kingsbane

“We are the light against the darkness, and we must continue to burn brightly, so others may find their way out.”
― Claire Legrand, Kingsbane

“You are the light of the world, and you will guide us home.”
― Claire Legrand, Kingsbane

“We fight until we can’t find anymore, and then we die, and none of it will matter anyway.”
― Claire Legrand, Kingsbane

“Love is an enchantress—devious and wild. It sneaks up behind you, soft and gentle and quiet, just before it slits your throat.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“We wait for death. We hold our breath. We know it's coming, and still we flinch when it claws at our throats and pulls us under.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“This town was built on revenge,” I say. “And it’s never made anything better or right.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“Strange, isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stories I know so intimately.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Everyone wants the stars. Everyone wishes to grasp that which exists out of reach. To hold the extraordinary in their hands and keep the remarkable in their pockets.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“It is easier to be in love in a room with closed doors. To have the whole world in one room. One person. The universe condensed and intensified and burning, bright and alive and electric.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“She was no lamb. She was a lion.”
― Renée Ahdieh, The Beautiful

“And the infinite captivates us because it allows us to believe all things are possible. That true love can last beyond time.”
― Renée Ahdieh, The Beautiful

“But a greater fear lurked deep in Celine. Past the rush of blood, into the marrow of her bones. No matter where she went, danger followed. And it horrified her. Just as it thrilled her.”
― Renée Ahdieh, The Beautiful

“I loved her. Despite everything. Despite the lies, the betrayal, the hurt. Despite the Archbishop and Morgane le Blanc. Despite my own brothers. I don't know if she returned that love, and I didn't care. If she was destined to burn in Hell, I would burn with her.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“I was no one's sacrifice. Not then. Not now. Not ever.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Wicked are the ways of women—and especially a witch. Their guile knows no bounds.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“There are some things that can't be changed with words. Some things have to be seen. They have to be felt.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Love makes fools of us all, darling.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Un malheur ne vient jamais seul. Misfortune never arrives alone. —French proverb”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Maybe men can learn a thing or two from women.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“She was burning, Reid. I don't know how, but she took away that witch's pain. She gave it to herself.” He exhaled heavily. “That's why I didn't tell you. Because even though I knew Lou was a witch, I knew she wasn't evil. She burned at the stake once. She doesn't deserve to do it twice.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“She was the flint lighting sparks in my darkness, illuminating a history that I can just barely see.”
― Marie Lu, Rebel

“Daniel reaches out and seizes both of my wrists in his hands. “Look at me,” he says, his eyes locking on to mine. They are fierce in the night, and in them I see the same brother who had once stood up to an entire nation. “It is not weakness to open your heart. It does not make you less of a man to ask for help. To turn to someone when you’re vulnerable. To need a shoulder to cry on. You don’t have to bear the weight of anything by yourself. Do you understand me? I know what it’s like to be forced to go it alone. I never want you to feel that way.”
― Marie Lu, Rebel