Clashing Quotes

“The indissoluble clashing between justice and injustice does not fluctuate, it is perpetual.”
― Prof.Salam Al Shereida

“So you'll let Lucien take you on hunts and-'

'Lucien,' I interrupted quietly but not softly, 'doesn't pretend to be anything what he is.'

'What's that supposed to mean?' he growled, but his claws stayed retracted, even as he clenched his hands into fists at his sides.

I was definitely walking a dangerous line, but I didn't care. Even if he'd offered me sanctuary. I didn't have to fall at his feet. 'It means,' I said with that same cold quiet, 'That I don't know you. I don't know who you are, or what you really are, or what you want.'

'It means you don't trust me.'

'How can I trust a faerie? Don't you delight in killing and tricking us?'

His snarl set the flames of the candles guttering. 'You aren't what I had in mind for a human- believe me.'

I could almost feel the wound deep in my chest as it ripped open and all those awful, silent words came pouring out. Illiterate, ignorant, unremarkable, proud, cold- all spoken from Nesta's mouth, all echoing in my head with her sneering voice.

I pinched my lips together.

He winced and lifted a hand slightly, as if about to reach for me. 'Feyre,' he began- softly enough that I just shook my head and left the room. He didn't stop me.

But that afternoon, when I went to retrieve my crumpled list from the wastebasket, it was gone. And my pile of books had been disturbed- the titles out of order.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses