Kamila reads

Three Oaths

Redemption was not measured in a single great act, but a hundred small ones.

Vision

The Child of Darkness will soon be upon us.

The Heart of Iuchiban

Evil never dies.

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Your life isn’t unremarkable. You are merely living in the wrong time. Find your Perfect Dimension.

Tress of the Emerald Sea

If you want to create heroes, don't give them something to fight for. Give them someone to fight for.

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath

For the Hunt, there is only the hunt and the hunted.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Stories are a way to preserve one's self. To be remembered. And to forget.

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

If the past few moons have taught me anything, it's that I'm capable of great things. I know I can be better. I choose to be better.

The Flower Path

The show must go on.

The Lost Metal

Individual men, yes, they can be evil. But we should worry more about the world itself making them so.

Lost Gods

Having power doesn't mean it's right to use it and I stand by my choices then and now.

To Chart The Clouds

Children and peasants cry for justice. The rest endure what we must.

Shadowed by Moonlight

We don't forgive because we approve of what others have done. Nor do we do it as a sign of defeat. Forgivness is simply the decision to stop letting another person hurt you.

Horizon Zero Dawn Vol. 2 Liberation

She was always good to me. But when it came to her enemies, she was colder than steel.

Horizon Zero Dawn Vol. 1 The Sunhawk

We need to protect people from machines that grow deadlier with each setting sun.

Seven Mercies

Get to the heart of the Empire. Destroy the Oracle. Burn it all to the ground.

Outcast

Sometimes facing the truth can be the hardest thing of all.

Between Two Worlds

The waters of Lethe offer only one passage, and woe the soul that wishes to return through. For we can never go back…

A Town Called River

We all have doubts. (...) It is how we conquer them that matters in the end.

Cytonic

I was standing at a crossroads of infinity, without a lifeline or safety rope.

Empire of the Vampire

The greatest lies are the ones we tell ourselves. The deadliest poison the one we swallow willingly. And yet sometimes we clutch at those deceits like a drowning man at straws, because the alternative is simply too awful to fathom.

A Vow so Bold and Deadly

One poor choice shouldn't undo a thousand good ones.

Nemesis Games

...because out here, we help each other. And if we stopped doing that because we're more important or because the rules don't apply to us anymore, I can make a decent case we've stopped being the good guys.

Sundered Souls

My name was stolen, along with my life. Now I am the Weeping Warrior. I seek to redress the balance if you’ll help me.

The Look of a King

...it is the man who brings power to the throne, not the other way around.

Cibola Burn

Because real monsters don't go away when you close your eyes.

Death's Kiss

There’s always someone looking for information or gossip. You just have to know where to find them. Sometimes, they find you.

The Blacktongue Thief

A Prank is the lowest thieving rank, but a true thief, not a Scarecrow, and that's something.

The Broken God

There are always monsters and powerful folk in charge, scheming and squabbling with each other. Sometimes they’ll help you, and sometimes they’ll hurt, but they never give a damn about us on the streets.

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

No matter how much the deceased were loved, life does not wait for the grieving. Though on the inside everything will change and what used matter falls away, the routine and ordinary remain unchallenged.

The Blade Itself

Blood gets you nothing but more blood. It follows me now, always, like my shadow, and like my shadow, I can never be free of it. I should never be free of it. I’ve earned it. I’ve deserved it. I’ve sought it out. Such is my punishment.

The Shadow of the Gods

I, Glornir Shield-Breaker, lord of the Bloodsworn, invite you to join us (…). To bend your back with us on the oar-bench, to stand with us in the shield wall, in the battle-storm, to drink with us in a mead hall. Will you take our oath?

Mirrorland

Easier to cover a dirt and dark and dread with gold and twinkling, glittering lights, the smell of burning wood and winter forest, the feel of his hands on me, all the same as it ever was.

The Scrivener’s Bones

Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.

Snapshot

…most of the time, we aren’t saviors. We arrive in time to see someone dead, and maybe to catch the person who did it. But that doesn’t matter to the people who were killed.

Hall of Bones

If you understand your people's hearts, possess wisdom, and learn from the knowledge of your forefathers, your life will be a long one.

Abaddon's Gate

Heroism is a label most people get for doing shit they'd never do if they were really thinking about it.

The Poppy War

Destiny is a myth. Destiny is the only myth. The gods choose nothing. You choose.

Siege and Storm

Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.

The Night Parade of 100 Demons

That is the meaning of duty. To do what you can, and what you must, even if it is not enough.

Inscape

You care about them, but they don't care about you.

Reaper of Souls

What I've done is unforgivable. I am no better than Arti or Efiya. I'm something worse.

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

A clever person can make anything turn to his advantage, no matter how much a disadvantage it may seem at first.

Rhythm of War - full review

Had she done harm without realizing it? Possibly. Had she made mistakes? Certainly. But she’d been trying to help. That was her journey. A journey to discover, learn, and make the world better.

Poison River Legend of the Five Rings A Daidoji Shin Mystery

Any Daidoji worth their steel knew that the Lion could only be trusted to devour all those before them. And the Crane were among their favorite prey.

Rhythm of War

If you forget why you are fighting, then victory itself becomes the goal. The longer we fight, the more detached we become. Both from our mind, and from our original Passions.

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

It’s a family business, of sorts. Perhaps clan would be a better word. We’re either right-handed or left-handed. Though it can change. ‘One for the books, one for the hooks’, as we like to say.

The City of Runes

For the third time, Einarr returned to the Norse shaman. This time heartbroken and bereft. (..) Curse this ring. Curse this ring with loneliness forever.

The Paris Library

Libraries are lungs, [...] books the fresh air breathed in to keep the heart beating, to keep the brain imagining, to keep hope alive.

A Heart so Fierce and Broken

I imagine there must have been an element of relief to be a guardsman. To know your actions were directed by another. To have no sense of accountability for what you were ordered to do.

Curse of Honor - A Legend of the Five Rings Novel

...we are Crab Clan, and we do not always have the luxury of following Bushidō. We are the ones who are called to stand against the Shadowlands. We must do whatever is necessary to hold the Wall.

House of Earth and Blood

Through love, all is possible.

Seven Devils

The Oracle forces people into neat little boxes because One only understands order. But humans are messy. We are not binary; we don’t exist in ones and zeroes. This or that.

Caliban's War

Well, you’ve got a full load of torpedoes and bullets, three Martian warships trailing you, one angry old lady in tea withdrawal, and a Martian Marine who could probably kill you with your own teeth. What do you do?”

Aurora Burning

All of this is unfolding as it was supposed to. The only way out is through.

The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

This voyage was never meant to be easy. It was meant to be important.

The Queen of Nothing

He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.

Warbreaker

He was rough. He was brutal. He had a terrible temper. But he was a good man. And, walking beside him, she felt safe for the first time in weeks.

Howling Dark

Always forward, always down, and never left nor right.

Last Stand

The girl clung to the boy so she could chase away her dark. He was light, and she was fading. She was drowning, and she just couldn't stop.

The Swords of Silence

The Governor had hoped for begging, pleading, perhaps cries for mercy, but this stubborn defiance was intolerable.

The Chestnut Man

Grief is love made homeless.

The Witchwood Crown

Men do not manage well with too much peace. Someone will find a quarrel.

The Shadow Saint

„The dead of Haith might stand vigilant in their endless ranks until the end of time, but the living folk of Guerdon don’t have time to wait. There’s always another deal to be made.”

The God Game

We all suck, Charlie. You, me, your dad. That doesn’t mean we’re not worth loving.

Phasma

And I did what I had to do to get to me as well. I don't regret it. That's the difference between us. I know what I am, and I embrace it. I'm proud of it. I fought for everything that I have, every bit of what I am.

Starsight

They were people. They were all just… people. With strange carapaces or odd life cycles. They lived, and they loved.

Imaginary Friend

Death is coming. Death is here. You’ll die on Christmas Day.

Rithmatist

We're all freaks sometimes, Melody," he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most.

Port of Shadows

Order was what regular people wanted. Order and security were necessary before prosperity could take hold. The political crap, the who is going to be in charge, did not matter to most folks.

Permanent Record

A „whistleblower” (…) is a person who through hard experience has concluded that their life inside an institution has become incompatible with the principles developed in – and loyalty owed to – the greater society outside it, to which that institution should be accountable. This person knows that they can’t remain inside the institution, and knows that the institution can’t or won’t be dismantled. Reforming institution might be possible, however, so they blow the whistle and disclose the information to bring the public pressure to bear.

Angel Mage

Its once-human face was drawn out into a long snout to contain the toothy jaw lined with double row of small but enormously sharp teeth; its arms were short but very thick and muscular end ended in claws.

Lost and Found

Maybe everybody has that moment when they knew that nothing else they ever did would matter quite as much.

Candidate

You, you are a cockroach. No matter how many times we tried to get rid of you, you kept finding a way to scuttle your way back.

The Last Command

And for the first time in five years, Pellaeon finally knew in the deepest level of his being that the old Empire was gone. The new Empire, with Grand Admiral Thrawn at its head, had been born.

Empire of Silence

Atrocity is writ by quiet men in council chambers over crystal glasses of cool water. Strange little men with ashes in their hearts. Sans passion, sans hope… sans everything. Everything but fear.

The Crown Tower

Trust me. I want you to improve. I want you to fall from much higher up.

Kingdom of Souls

My sister is every scary story my father ever told about evil witchdoctors – only she’s so much worse.

The Gone World

There is no design. The universe isn’t kind or cruel. The universe is vast and indifferent to our desires.

Empress Orchid

I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his? He was a prisoner of himself.

We Hunt the Flame

We are all flesh and blood, soul and heart. Capable of malevolence, just as much as benevolence. One wrong does not make evil.

The Truth About Lies

Our memories define who we are, they shape us.

Supernova Era

In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end.

The Tiger Catcher

True love never dies.

The Call of Earth

If I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly... but at some point, a person has to stop questioning and act, and at that point, you have to trust something to be true.

Time Bomb

Was he scared? Hell, yeah. But sometimes the only way to change something was to break it first.

Shadow Frost

She had created this thing of beauty. This gift, this power - it was hers. Tears pricked her eyes, threatening to spill over. This is what she had missed, all those years.

A Curse so Dark and Lonely

I am always surprised to discover that when the world seems darkest, there exists the greatest opportunity for light.

The Outcast

Enter an immersive world where the chosen few have the ability to summon demons...

Shadow Run

Zenith

War was a heartless thing, claiming lives left and right. But it was the survivors who had to continue battling even after the fight was over.

Aurora Rising

Who wants to be normal when you can be interesting instead?

The Never Game

Love, Colter Shaw had learned, could be an endlessly refillable prescription of madness.

A Darker Shade of Magic

I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

And whenever the bombs were silent, the bird came out to sing. They perched on the skeletons of trees and on craters and wires and broken walls, and they sang. They flew high above, in the untouched sky, and sang.

Dark Force Rising

I rule the Empire now. Not some long-dead Emperor; certainly not you. the only treason is defiance of my orders.

The Raven Boys

She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own.

Sky Song

I think gentleness is a mighty word because you have to be strong of heart to be kind.

Warcross

Every locked door has a key. Every problem has a solution.

The Furies

It was all meant well, at the time (...) but in the cold light of suspicion, every kindness becomes a threat; a goodness made sinister.

Unhinged

Little blossom trapped in between, wearing malice like a queen; hide the truth, be cruel and tart, still all the more, you rule my heart.

The Bear and the Nightingale

You are. And because you are, you can walk where you will, into peace, oblivion, or pits of fire. But you will always choose.

Leviathan Wakes

When (..) does someone stop being human? There had to be a moment, some decision that you made, and before it, you were one person, and after it, someone else.

Nomen Omen

Crown of Midnight

But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.

Oczy Uroczne

Endsinger

An avalanche starts with one pebble. A forest with one seed. And it takes one word to make the whole world stop and listen. All you need is the right one.

The Wicked King

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to.

Star Wars Last Shot

He pulled the accelerator and let the roaring engines fill him. Space awaited, that impossible vastness, as empty as his heart, where he could be perfectly free.

The Gutter Prayer

Cari feels that if the gods send her a gift horse, then gods are probably running a horse-trading scam.

Pet Sematary

Sometimes dead is better.

Apprentice

People make mistakes all the time – some of us just are in more of a position to leave an impact when we do.

Gdzie śpiewają diabły

Maria wasn't the devil. But she had his heart, locked in a little wooden box.

Legion

Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It’s his hallucinations who are mad.

It Ends with Us

Preventing your heart from forgiving someone you love is actually a hell of a lot harder than simply forgiving them.

Sometimes I lie

We are all just ghosts of the people we hoped that we were and counterfeit replicas of the people we wanted to be.

Pierwsze Słowo

First Year

The people that tell you what you want to hear are the most dangerous enemies you'll ever meet.

Only the Ocean

There was nothing to fight for and nothing to fight against. A Quiet drift of motion; it was only the ocean after all.

Heir to the Empire

When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.

Skyward

People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that's the case, what does it matter whether people in them actually lived?

Daughters of the Dragon

It does not matter how smart you are, or how pretty, or if you have money and many friends. If you do not have courage, you will never blossom into the flower you were meant to be.

Elevation

Why feel bad about what you couldn’t change? Why not embrace it?

The Light Between Worlds

A Woodlands heart will always finds its way home.

Kinslayer

It takes courage to say goodbye. To stare at a thing lost and know it is gone forever. Some tears are iron forged.

To Kill a Kingdom

Royalty cannot be unmade. Birth rights cannot be changed. Hearts are forever scarred by our true nature.

Splintered

No one knows what he or she is capable of until things are at their darkest.

Ana

I can endure a lot, it's not easy to break me down.

Shadow and Bone

And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.

Spektrum

For a machine the purpose is everything - the only thing that defines its existence.

Stormdancer

To be a servant can be a noble thing, but only as noble as the master served.

Jinxed by Amy McCulloch

The final goal of Moncha Corp: to make life better. And to make people happier

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if only you dared.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.

Metro 2034 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing.

The Lost Witch by Melvin Burgess

If you want to be yourself, you must join us. You must put away everything you know, everyone you love, and you must follow us.

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

She was fire, she was darkness, she was dust and blood and shadow.

The Renegades by Marissa Meyer

Heroism wasn't about what you could do, it was about what you did. It was about who you saved when they need saving.

Łzy Mai by Martyna Raduchowska

In New Horizon Androids dream about reinforcine.

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Every story needs its hero. And its villain. And its monster.

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Welcome, welcome to Caraval… beware of getting swept too far away.

A Court of Frost and Starlight by S. J. Maas

To the stars who listen and the dreams that are answered!

The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card

High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches.

More Then a Game by Andrey Vasilyev

Step into a future, in which advanced technology creates a virtual world, with superior capabilities that allow players to experience real-world sensations.

The Long War by Sir T. Pratchett and S. Baxter

We ought to call ourselves Homo clamorans. Noisemaking man.

Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

And now, born from the ashes, she’s a warrior in bloodied black.

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Reality told us we would fail. But again and again, we fought. We persevered. We rose.

Nevernight

Never flinch. Never fear. Never, ever forget!