Dayna

“[referencing that what bothered her about Hansel and Gretel was the weak willed father who let the evil stepmother send the children into the woods not once but twice, and the unease of children reunited happily with their father] : In many ways that unease has guided me through these stories, that note of trouble that I think many of us hear in familiar tales, because we know - even as children - that impossible tasks are an odd way to choose a spouse, that predators come in many guises, that a prince's whims are often cruel. The more I listened to that note of warning, the more inspiration I found.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“Everyone dies. What difference does it make if a few bad apples get pushed along a little sooner than God intended?”
― Peter Swanson, The Kind Worth Killing

“Are you my soldier? Are you my prince? Are you my darling? Are you mine?”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“I will love an honest monster before I swear loyalty to a treacherous king.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic