Resentment is when I take poison and wait for you to die.
“Lila had never really bought into fate, but like most people who disavowed religion, she could summon a measure of belief when it was necessary.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
― A Gathering of Shadows
“What is blindness? Where there should be a wall, her hands find nothing. Where there should be nothing, a table leg gouges her shin. Cars growl in the streets; leaves whisper in the sky; blood rustles through her inner ears. In the stairwell, in the kitchen, even beside her bed, grown-up voices speak of despair.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Was she terrifyingly beautiful? Was she so ignorant she didn't deserve the truth? Was she also a liar and thus it was something they did together? I don't believe in psychology; which says everything you do is because of yourself. That is so untrue. We are social animals, and everything we do is because of other people, because we love them, or because we don't.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.”
― It Chooses You
― It Chooses You
“Was her bravado a front, or did she truly have so little to lose? But she had a life, and life was a thing that could always be lost.”
― A Darker Shade of Magic
― A Darker Shade of Magic
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