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“Prisoners are often denied their basic human rights by their captors.”
― Steven Magee

“Nesta didn't stop the tears that flowed. “I didn't deserve you before the war or afterward and I certainly don't now. Why do you think I shoved you away? Why do you think I wouldn't speak to you? Denying myself of you, it was my punishment. Don't you understand that?" She could barely see him through her tears. "From the moment I met you, I wanted you more than reason. From the moment I saw you in my house, you were all I could think about. And it terrified me. No one had ever held such power over me. And I am still terrified that if I let myself have you... It will be taken away. And if you're dead..." She buried her face in her hands. "It doesn't matter," she whispered. "I do not deserve you, and I never, ever will.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“If their rules made sense
and sense ruled—
If their laws weren’t so brok- en
I wouldn’t break ‘em.”
― Roy Duffield, Bacchus Against the Wall

“I am not with you" she snapped "I am fucking you"
"The only thing fit for a bastard-born brute, right?"
"I didn't say that"
"You don't need to. You've said it a thousand times before"
"Then why did you bother cutting in at the ball?"
"Because I was fucking jealous!" he roared, wings splaying. "You looked like a queen, and it was painfully obvious that you should be with a princeling like Eris and not a low-born nothing like me! But go ahead, Nesta. Go ahead and fucking marry him and good fucking luck to you!"
"Eris is the Brute" she shot back "He is a brute and a piece of shit. And I would marry him, because I am just like him!"
The words echoed through the room.
His pained face gutted her. "I deserve Eris" Her voice cracked.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames