

“Inevitably, with memory comes pain.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men

“I painted stars and the moon and clouds and just endless, dark sky.鈥 I finished the sixth, and was well on my way sawing through the seventh before I said, 鈥淚 never knew why. I rarely went outside at night鈥攗sually, I was so tired from hunting that I just wanted to sleep. But I wonder 鈥 鈥 I pulled out the seventh and final arrow. 鈥淚 wonder if some part of me knew what was waiting for me. That I would never be a gentle grower of things, or someone who burned like fire鈥攂ut that I would be quiet and enduring and as faceted as the night. That I would have beauty, for those who knew where to look, and if people didn鈥檛 bother to look, but to only fear it 鈥 Then I didn鈥檛 particularly care for them, anyway. I wonder if, even in my despair and hopelessness, I was never truly alone. I wonder if I was looking for this place鈥攍ooking for you all.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury

“Wasn鈥檛 friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life

“There you are. I've been looking for you.
His first words to me鈥 not a lie at all, not a threat to keep those faeries away.
Thank you for finding her for me.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
His first words to me鈥 not a lie at all, not a threat to keep those faeries away.
Thank you for finding her for me.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury

“You won鈥檛 understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are鈥攏ot smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving鈥攁nd then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad鈥攐r good鈥攊t might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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