Nevernight

this was a place where words had no place

“The wolf does not pity the lamb,” Drusilla said. “The storm begs no forgiveness of the drowned.”

All’s fair in love and larceny.”

“… love makes fools of us all…”

“The living don’t envy the dead.”

Easier to hide in the dark than the limelight.

“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.”

“Listen, girl,” Aelius sniffed. “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.”

Too many books. Too few centuries.

“The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.”