💬 Quotes

"If you go through life expecting the worst, you're never disappointed. But you're also never surprised by the good."

"We are all monsters to someone. The trick is to be the kind of monster that saves the world, rather than destroys it."

"The truth is a dangerous thing, but it is the only thing worth dying for."

"You are a monster, a freak, and a weapon. And you are also the only thing I have ever wanted."

"I am not a broken thing. I am a hurricane in the shape of a girl."

"Hope is a dangerous thing. It’s a fragile, foolish thing, but it’s the only thing that keeps me breathing."

"The kingdom of Ilya doesn’t just fear the Powerless; they erase them."

"Everyone is a monster to someone, Paedyn. You just have to decide whose monster you want to be."

"I’m not a hero. I’m a survivor. And there’s a hell of a difference."

"It’s dangerous to be looked at when you’re used to being invisible."

"Power is a poison, even for those who think they are immune to its effects."

"If you play a game you aren't meant to win, you have to change the rules."

"The past is a stubborn ghost; it doesn't matter how fast you run, it simply changes its stride to match your own."

"Betrayal isn't always a dagger in the back. Sometimes, it’s just the slow, quiet erosion of trust until there is nothing left to hold onto."

"We build our identities like stone walls, forgetting that every mortar crack is a place where the light—or the rot—can get in."

"To forgive is not to erase the debt, but to stop trying to collect on a currency that no longer has any value."

"Survival is a brutal math. You calculate what you can afford to lose, and you hope the remainder is enough to call a life."

"The truth is a terrifying mirror, but it is the only one that doesn't lie about what you've become."

"What an excellent day for an exorcism."

"I think the point is to make us despair. To see ourselves as animal and ugly. To make us reject the possibility that God could ever love us."