Jan 11, 2022
In her eyes he recognized a hate big enough and wide enough and deep enough to match his own. A hate you could drown in like a vat of wine.
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, Holly Black
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In her eyes he recognized a hate big enough and wide enough and deep enough to match his own. A hate you could drown in like a vat of wine.
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, Holly Black
Queer-platonic partnerships shouldn't be infantilized or idealized as these 'too pure', 'too good' relationships, protected from emotional storms. They may be subversive, they may challenge entrenched hierarchies, but they are still relationships between people, and people are always flawed.
Angela Chen, ACE: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
'What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet?' In other words - the essence of an object does not change depending on its name. This is a common misconception, not unlike the world-is-flat belief. By verbally identifying an object, by giving it a name, we alter it. And at the same time, we prevent it from changing. A name is like a forked stick that we use to hold a snake on the ground.
Vita Nostra, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
Take care you don't become what they think you are
Malice, Heather Walter
Stories tell a truth, if not precisely the truth.
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, Holly Black
Heartbreak = love + time
Instructions for Dancing, Nicola Yoon
Time is a grammatical concept
Vita Nostra, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
"One of the things you need to understand is that I'm not a brave person. I don't put up with being messed around, and I don't suffer fools gladly. The short version is that I'm a bitch. Trust me, I can produce character references. But that's something else. I'm not brave."
- Sunshine, Robin McKinley