75 Quotes by Laura Sebastian

You are sweet and docile and dumb.”I recoil. “Excuse me?”She smirks. “Another role to play. You’re very good at playing roles.”I’m tempted to look at Søren, who’s too busy rowing to talk but can certainly hear every word.“Let them believe you are dim,” Artemisia continues. “The King, his court, your suitors. If they believe you to be an idiot, they will underestimate you. Let them.

Hope is contagious. When you have enough it spreads naturally.

...fear is not a thing to be controlled by logic.

We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive. We do not apologize for them. Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike

It only makes the voice in my head grow louder. And when the voice grows loud enough to push past my lips, the Kaiser grows angry

Heartbreak isn't as lethal as the name implies, you know. Maybe it feels that way at the time, but I swear it isn't. You've seen Gwen and me both rebound from it eventually. I don't regret anything leading up to it, and I doubt Gwen does either. It's life, Elaine. Getting hurt, picking yourself up, trying again. You're so focused on the ending sometimes that I don't think you know how to appreciate the during.

Still, there is something to be said for someone seeing your darkest parts and accepting you anyway.

Impossible. The word ruffles me and I ignore it.

Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.