Queen Of Volts Quotes

Turns out there’s no way of dying that’s romantic. Turns out tragedy is always tragic.

Forgiveness is not sought - it’s built, stone by stone, over whatever it is you’ve broken.

It didn’t matter what cards you were dealt. The City of Sin was a game, and the only way to win was to stack the cards in your favor.

That was the problem with loving someone. Once you let someone into your heart, they could take a sledgehammer to it.

Someone wasn’t evil by default, just for being on the opposing side.

Everything has a price, but you cannot pay for goodness in blood.

Lola didn’t even like boys, but they still found a way to break her heart.

What is buried is not always dead.

Following in the footsteps of tragic figures didn’t likely lead anywhere good.

If someone is terrible to everyone but you, that doesn’t make them secretly a good person.

I’m never going to be healthy - I don’t even know if it’s possible for me to be better. So if I’m broke, fine. Then call me shattered. Call me beyond repair.

It’s children who fight the wars their parents cause.

I don’t believe in happy endings. Whoever is peddling them is a crook. Whoever trusts them is a fool.

I think all people, some way or another, are marked by the place they come from.

Your guilt makes you a good person,” Harrison told Sophia. “But the world isn’t black and white, and goodness can’t be quantified.

I libri a volte sono possessivi, vero? Cammini in una libreria e un determinato libro ti salta incontro, come se si fosse spostato lì da solo, soltanto per attirare la tua attenzione. A volte avere intorno un libro è semplicemente un conforto."[...] "Perché comprate dei libri che non leggete nemmeno?" ci chiede nostra figlia. è come chiedere a qualcuno che vive da solo perché si è comprato un gatto. Perché gli faccia compagnia, ovvio.

Death would always haunt the space between them, and any of Levi’s other desires for her felt buried beside all those he had lost.

Because in all her research, she’d overlooked a vital truth - people changed, for better and for worse. Sometimes the ones you loved abandoned you. Sometimes they came back.

His mother had always told him that evil collected evil.

There were some people who could carve their names into your soul.

Damon’s hand on my back doesn’t feel good. It feels like a warning and a prayer. It feels like a thousand volts of lust. There’s no breaking this connection. I can’t imagine wanting to.

L’ho già fatto tante volte. Respingevo le persone più vicine a me perché credevo di poter sanguinare da sola.

Il privilegio della nascita si paga duramente, a volte persino con la privazione della propria libertà, in nome dell'interesse del regno e dei sudditi.

Sajátságos módon ennek a családnak nem volt egyetlenegy tagja sem, aki mint államférfi, hadvezér vagy más téren nagy ember megokolta volna a család hatalmas önérzetét. A Rohanok ebben is olyanok voltak, mint ahogy az ember az Ancien Regime nagyurait elképzeli: sosem tettek semmi mást, csak származtak; nem röstellték a fáradságot megszületni, mint Figaro mondja.

If this were not enough, a volte-face had taken place in France itself.