Zara

“After all, fear became hate when it festered long enough”
― Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea

“I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“Every aristocrat had their fair share of dark secrets, from affairs and extortion to distasteful dealings which built the ladder upon which high society had climbed so high”
― Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea

“Do you want to change this world, little serpent? Then climb your cage until you are so high no one can catch you. Break its bars and make them your weapons. Nothing is sharper. I know because I did it”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night