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1 " When someone was delusional or psychotic, you couldn’t argue with them outright. They’d just think you didn’t understand them. You had to work within the boundaries of their belief system. "
― C.N. Crawford , Lord of Embers (The Demon Queen Trials, #2)
2 " Okay. I need to be less afraid of death.” I closed my eyes. “But there’s the fear of pain—” “Why fear something that is over so quickly?” “And then there’s the fear of what comes after. Do I end up here? Do I just stop existing?” “Why fear nonexistence?” he asked. “Do you feel afraid when you think of the past, before you existed?” “No. "
3 " In a man’s world like this, you could get in trouble for being old and ugly and past your prime. Or you could get in trouble for being young and tempting. Women like that made a man sin. And that, of course, was your fault, too. "
4 " When was the last time a queen ruled here instead of a king? And look at what angry men do when they have power. We saw it in the underworld. Men run that city. Women are hanged, put in stocks, and whipped, all because men can’t bear the thought of women having the tiniest bit of control. "
5 " I didn’t have a blanket because you couldn’t exactly ask someone for a comfy blanket after you’d told them you hated them and wanted them dead. "
6 " How is it you can talk so much and clarify so little? It’s like the world’s shittiest superpower. "
7 " Because anxiety is spending all your time imagining terrible situations that might occur, "
