Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty Quotes

They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense.But now I knew that every mad word was true.

Knowing the truth is not always a kindness.

Why is he scared of the dark?"I meant the words for a joke, but Shade nodded seriously. "Like all monsters. Because it reminds him of what he truly is".

Though mountains melt and oceans burn, The gifts of love shall still return.

I remember the hours I had spent in Father's library, drugging myself with books so I could forget my doom for an hour..

I coudn't be kind to him after what he'd done, couldn't be cruel after what I had done

His kindness was only meant to make later torments crueler.

But I can’t . . . I can’t leave anyone to the darkness.

You will honor my mother or I will break this bottle over your head

Study the sky but never love it, ” Father had told Astraia and me a thousand times. “It is our prison and the symbol of our captor.