She was trapped. Thorne was captured. But they had been heroic.
But no. She didn’t want to be Channary. She didn’t want her beauty, not if it came with her cruelty and selfishness as well.
Once we have total power, what’s to keep us from becoming villains ourselves?
She was not a girl of ice and glass at all, but a girl of sunshine and stardust.
It was the truth. He was a friend, albeit one she would cut out her heart for.
We think that if we choose to do good only good, then we are only good. We can make people happy. We can offer tranquility or contentment or love, and that must be good. We do not see the falsehood becoming its own brand of cruelty.
Are you still waiting for me to fall in love with you?
It’s just... you never show your face, when they record you. Rumors are starting, you know. People think you’re hiding something. And love begins with trust, and trust can’t be formed if people think you’re hiding something.
I am capable of choosing my battles, if that’s what it takes to win the war.
Ideally, a lady will have three toys at once. One to romance her, one to bed her, and one to adorn her with very expensive jewelry.
Iko held up a hand. “You need a system debug if you’re suggesting that I would abandon you know.
Patience, friend. They’re coming for you.
Hello again,’ she said, shivering in the night air.‘Good eve, fair lady, your forgiveness we implore, to come so brashly tapping, tapping at your chamber door.’‘Oh, well, this isn’t exactly my chamber door. More like a window, actually.’The Raven bobbed his head. ‘I made some alterations for the sake of the rhyme.’‘I see. Well – good evening, fair Raven, my forgiveness I bestow, for this uncanny meeting outside of my window.’A boisterous laugh startled Catherine, sending her heart into her throat.
Don’t thank me for telling the truth when it would have been mercy to lie to you.
I think that when every person in this room looks at Ze’ev and Scarlet, they don’t see a Lunar and an Earthen. We don’t see an agenda, or two people trying to make a statement. I think we see two people who were lucky enough to find each other in this vast universe, and they weren’t going to let any boundaries of distance or race or even physiological tampering get in the way of a happy life together.
It is much wiser to let your inner beauty shine through a drab gown than to attempt to conceal it with physical accoutrements.
There were still consequences. There were always consequences, no matter which side she was on.
She was tired of everyone deciding her life for her. She was ready to figure out who she really was – not what anyone else told her to be.
You and your taste buds can stop bragging anytime now.
I misread the romantic tension, didn’t I?