the grisha trilogy sentences, pt 3 (ruin & rising).
โi am not ruined. i am ruination.โ
โi will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no shelter but mine.โ
โbeauty was your armor. fragile stuff, all show. but whatโs inside you? thatโs steel. itโs brave and unbreakable. and it doesnโt need fixing.โ
โyou might make me a better man.โ
โyou might make me a monster.โ
โwhy waste my anger on you when the fault is mine? i should have anticipated another betrayal from you.โ
โi wanted to see you.โ
โthere are two thrones on that dais. you could see me any time you liked.โ
โi hope you werenโt looking to me to be the voice of reason. i keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.โ
โnot bad looking? heโs damnably handsome.โ
โi thought your hobby was preening.โ
โdonโt let me be alone.โ
โdespise your heart.โ
โin the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.โ
โitโs true. you are stronger, wiser, infinite in experienceโฆ but i am an apt pupil.โ
โitโs a vow that if i canโt be anything else to you, at least i can be a weapon in your hand.โ
โyouโre all iโve ever wanted. you are the whole of my heart.โ
โare you going to make a habit of winning arguments? itโs very unbecoming.โ
โi had a taste for you, once.โ
โyou were meant for more than me, and iโll die fighting to give it to you. but please donโt ask me to pretend itโs easy.โ
โit gets dark when i say it does.โ
โno matter who or what i was, i wouldโve been yours.โ
โwe all die. not everyone dies for a reason.โ
โwant to know my secret? i have a lot of money.โ
โiโll be back to fetch you for dinner, but should you grow restless, do feel free to run screaming from the room or take a dagger to her. whatever seems most fitting at the time.โ
โfor all my talk of vows and honor, what i really want is to put you up against that wall and kiss you until you forget you ever knew another manโs name.โ
โyou live in a single moment. i live in a thousand.โ
โheโs kind when he might have been cruel. itโs refreshing.โ
โoh, a dark lake full of something shiny. let me put my hand into it.โ
โthat fact is well established and adds nothing to the plot.โ
โi wanted him to be hard, to be strong. i taught him the lesson my mother and father taught me: to rely on no one. that love โ fragile and fickle and raw โ was nothing compared to power. he was a brilliant boy. he learned too well.โ
โclaimed me? like a peninsula?โ
โlet me. it isnโt real. let me.โ
โiโm used to being the center of attention wherever i go. iโve been told I could charm the shoes off a racehorse midstride, and yet you seem impervious.โ
โi make it a policy to never seduce anyone prettier than i am.โ
โi wasnโt afraid of you. i was afraid of losing you.โ
โyou move forward, and when you falter, you get up. and when you canโt, you let us carry you. you let me carry you.โ
โyou were supposed to be my balance.โ
โwhat if instead of stopping you, iโm just another avalanche?โ