dyed_heartstrings

“How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it's some kind of murder?”
― Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

“Are you out of your goddamn mind? You think we can take on two hundred soldiers? I know I am an extremely attractive man, J, but I am not Bruce Lee.”
“Who’s Bruce Lee?”
“Who’s Bruce Lee?” Kenji asks, horrified. “Oh my God. We can’t even be friends anymore.”
“Why? Was he a friend of yours?”
“You know what,” he says, “just stop. Just—I can’t even talk to you right now.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Some people were built for love and some were built for war. One did not lend itself to the other.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Who enforces the laws?" Zoya asked softly. "Rich men. Rich men who do what they wish. Power doesn't make a man wise."
"I'm proof enough of that."
"You're occasionally a useless podge. But you're a good man, Nikolai, and a good king.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves