Hearts That Cut Quotes

“We are ruled by the shape of our longing,” he said. “By threads that bind and hearts that cut, through tender flesh and deep into the bone. The choice is yours, as you said. But I implore you: choose peace, whatever form it might take for you.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“The more you stand still, the more the world finds obstacles to place in your way. Grit your teeth and just go for it.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“Oh, child," she whispered. "It is not personal. We are, all of us, victims of destiny.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“She had cursed the coming of change, blamed it for her myriad of hurts. But she had been wrong. Change was uncomfortable, sometimes filled with growing pains, but without it, there was no way forward. No way to keep going, to shed the scabs of your past and heal yourself in the present. Without change, there was no future.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“Change was uncomfortable, sometimes filled with growing pains, but without it, there was no way forward. No way to keep going, to shed the scabs of your past and heal yourself in the present. Without change, there was no future.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“We do what we need to survive, and sometimes it’s awful, shitty things, and we regret them, and the next time we have a choice, we do better. It doesn’t undo the hurt, it doesn’t absolve us, but we do better and try to help and that’s something, isn’t it?”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“This is my city, Miss Rossi. I’m pretty sure I know every way inside.” “Ah, but you don’t.” Bianca was smiling her trickster’s smile, a fox in the body of a woman. “You and your brothers built your empire on swanky dance clubs and upscale restaurants, but I—I built mine on smuggling.” “Bianca, no.” This one came from Edei, whose eyes were rimmed with panic. “Bianca, yes,” she said.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“Io didn’t have the indulgence of forgiveness, the luxury of safety. Io knew, with absolute clarity, that tolerating violence was a violence in itself.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut

“What’s it about, then?” the mob queen snapped back.
Io’s mouth opened─but she couldn’t think of an answer. Sadness? Sorrow for the family she’d thought she had, the love she had lost? Ah, there was the right word─
“Loss,” Io whispered.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Hearts That Cut