Nevernight

this was a place where words had no place

IF SHE IS ANYONE’S, SHE IS HER OWN

What you look like doesn’t change who you are inside. They can give you a new face, but they can’t give you a new heart. No matter what they take from you, they can’t take that away unless you let them. That’s real strength, Tric. That’s real power.”

The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You’re a daughter of words. A girl with a story to tell

You’ve got the look of a girl who’s no stranger to the page. I can tell. You’ve got words in your soul

Cassius and the Ministry had no clue. No idea at all what she was made of. But he knew.
Iron or glass? they’d asked.
Mia clenched her jaw. Shook her head.
She was neither.
She was steel

Never let your face tell a secret your lips should not

The nectar of a single flower can rip us from this fragile shell with more violence than any blade. And gentler than any kiss

Beauty simply makes it easier, love. Easier than you have it now. It may be sad. It may be wrong. But it is also true.”

They will never see the knife in your hand if they are lost in your eyes. They will never taste the poison in their wine when they are drunk on the sight of you.”