“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,
Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have bought a husband, we must then accept him as possessor of our body.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Ruthless is the temper of royalty; How much better to live among the equals.Let me decline in a safe old age. The very name of the "middle way".”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Yes, I can endure guilt, however horrible; The laughter of my enemies I will not endure. Now”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature for distinguishing bad from good.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“No homework. I got suspended,” Blue replied.
“Get the fuck out,” Ronan said, but with admiration. “Sargent, you asshole.”
Blue reluctantly allowed him to bump fists with her as Gansey eyed her meaningfully in the rearview mirror.
Adam swivelled the other way in his seat – to the right, instead of to the left, so that he was peering around the far side of the headrest. It made him look as if he were hiding, but Blue knew it was just because it turned his hearing ear instead of his deaf ear towards them. “For what?”
“Emptying another student’s backpack over his car. I don’t really want to talk about it.”
“I do,” Ronan said.
“Well, I don’t. I’m not proud of it.”
Ronan patted her leg. “I’ll be proud for you.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, quote from The Raven King
“I refused to show my fear. Lock it down, Huntress.”
― Ann Aguirre, quote from Enclave
“he stretched out beside her, uncomfortably close, as if they were lovers. Real lovers and not the most mismatched pair of fuck buddies ever.”
― Larissa Ione, quote from Pleasure Unbound
“I don’t want anyone else to understand it, because you only understand it when you have been welcomed into a club only the saddest people can enter. The cost of admission is the death of your loved one at the hands of someone else.”
― Dave Cullen, quote from Columbine
“…while the outside world was full of danger, I knew my interior. I was certain that I could oust an intruder there.”
― Gail Carson Levine, quote from The Two Princesses of Bamarre
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