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1 " Light doesn’t always keep the dark things away,” Nyx said. "
― Kameron Hurley , Rapture (Bel Dame Apocrypha #3)
2 " Men did not like women to weep. It reminded them of their own failings. "
3 " And there is good money to be made when things are bad. "
4 " We must rewrite our story from one of fear to one of celebration. "
5 " We worship the same God and we carry the same sins. "
6 " What were all of them, really, but bits of something else? Bits of stars? "
7 " Ahmed turned, and leaned into him. Kissed him on the mouth again.“I’m pretty fucked up,” Eshe said.“It’s a good thing I’m perfect, then. "
8 " It was strange how you didn’t realise how much you loved a place until you had lost it completely. "
9 " It was the secret to winning any contest, he said, in life or in the boxing ring – you just had to get up more than you fell down. "
10 " You started caring about somebody, you did stupid things. "
11 " It all came apart once you started caring for something outside yourself. "
12 " Every time Nyx thought she’d gotten out of the business of killing boys, she shot another one. "
13 " Because until you know what you want to be, other people are just going to keep trying to make you into something useful for them. "
14 " Nobody really knows what I am,” Nyx said. “Not until I put a bullet in their head. "
15 " Nyx had to admit she had a soft spot for plain folks. There was something to be said for finding beauty in the rough. "
16 " Being fucked up is fine so long as you compensate for it. "
17 " You will learn to love it. Or it will destroy you. Neither is unpleasant. "
18 " There is no place for you in this new world," Fatima said."That's what I'm hoping," said Nyx. "If you had any goddamn sense, you'd hope so too. "
19 " Nyx did what she always did after she shot a terrorist or garrotted a deserter. She carried on. "
20 " Humanity is a monster you can never kill. "