First place Quote by Molly O'Keefe

“But sometimes, the things you wanted most were the things that would destroy you.”

— Cynthia Eden

“She said that time and death are the greatest enemies all of us must face, and the only weapon stronger than they are is…

— Patricia C. Wrede

“And she liked it. The power over this man. The ability to choose who survived. To take lives and twist them as she pleased.…

— Michael Walterich

“And while a part of her wanted that more than anything; to let go, embrace the despair and let it flood through her veins…

— Kyle M. Scott

“He gave her everything. Everything but the promise of a future. And she met his dark strokes with a plunder of her own, holding…

— Monica McCarty

“The passion for defiling things was inborn in her. It was not enough for her to destroy them, she had to soil them too.”

— Émile Zola

“She wanted everything back, as we do sometimes in our irrationality and regret; we want it all back.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“...she was overcome by anger and a rabid desire to ruin those who’d ruined her.”

— Omar El Akkad

“But perhaps she has given me the strength and the madness to write about the things that I once desired so long to put…

— J. Limbu

“She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might…

— Graham Greene

“The last thing she wanted was to see her friend getting ideas in her head. There was such a lot of room in there…

— Terry Pratchett

“Indulgent compassion and bending to the will of another had nearly destroyed her.”

— Jamie Beck