I stare at her. I've always known that it's impossible to argue with Belinda, not because she's particularly good at it, but because she's so bad at it- that there is no common ground to work from. She simply sees the world she wants to see it and no amount of logic can change her mind.

Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.

The world is a clock winding down.

Nothing makes us love something more than the loss of it.

To hell with monsters and to hell with men. There is no difference to me.

There are times when fear is not our enemy. There are times when fear is our truest, sometimes only, friend.

I don't care what the stars say about how small we are. One, even the smallest, weakest, most insignificant one, matters.