LOBA

“Empty and numb.
She no longer hurt. That broken heart had been killing her, and it was gone.
Her sorrow. Her loss. Her pain, all gone.
All that was left was the rage and the fury and the desperate need for vengeance that would soon, soon be hers.
“W-what happened?” stuttered the King. “What did they do?”
“They freed me,” Cath whispered.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“The world is already ending. You see, the Hundred Clans know that time moves in a circle. There are never any new stories, just old ones told again and again as this universe moves through its cycles of civilization and crumbles into despair. We are on the brink of an age of chaos again, and there's nothing we can do to stop it. I just prefer to back certain horses in the race.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“She recognized the way he was looking at her. It was how she’d once looked at Altan. It was the way she’d seen Daji look at Riga—that look of wretched, desperate, and reproachful loyalty. It said, Do it. Take what you want, it said. I’ll hate you for it. But I’ll love you forever. I can’t help but love you. Ruin me, ruin us, and I’ll let you.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“You asked how large my sorrow is. And I answered, like a river in spring flowing east.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic