75 Quotes by Laura Sebastian

As women, we must have our weapons in this world, whether they’re our minds or our fists or our wiles or our tears.

People will believe anything if it makes them think they have more control than they do in this world.

It doesn't seem fair to me to treat rapists, murderers, and slavers the same way as the farmers or the shipmates or the seamstresses-the people who benefited from bad acts, yes, who went along with them, but didn't actively commit crimes.

Is it better to have your life ended by someone who hates you or someone who loves you?

I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn.Now it's time for a queen to rise.

We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive. We do not apologize for them,” she says quietly, eyes never leaving mine. “Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.

I’m always alone. I should be used to it by now, though I don’t think it’s the kind of thing a person ever grows used to.

He is a stone, incapable of feeling anything, and I don't like being reminded that he's also human. I don't like to be reminded that we love the same person.

I take one last look at my reflection in the mirror. Ashes already flake down over my cheeks and nose, marking me. The red stain I used on my lips looks like fresh blood. Underneath, I see bits and pieces of my mother staring back at me, but twisted with hate and fury my mother never needed to know.I'm not sorry for it.I am angry.I am hungry.And I promise myself that one day I will watch them all burn.