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“I won't ever say I'm a good person. I don't want to be. I like who I am - and I don't want to lose that. I don't want to lose me. Because it felt like that's what happened to all of them. They'd lost themselves to their monsters.â€�
•pg.332 - Kovit”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones

“In a weird, twisted way, Nita almost felt like Kovit’s and her stories were opposite facets on the same diamond. Different, sure, but similar in some fundamental ways. It made Nita feel . . . weird. Squiggly, not-quite empathy, but sort of fear-empathy . . . something. Nita couldn’t put it into words.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones

“One day,someone will have more anger then fear, and they will come, and they will kill him- and on the day, I will light a candle for the loss of a friend who could have been, and then I will celebrate the death of the monster that was.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“I am not a good person. But I am a person. I make my own choices.â€�
•pg.181 - Kovit”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain

“But the problem with losing your morality is that sometimes it takes other things with it. You don't realize the things that are important to you, in order to be the person you want to be, until you've already damaged them beyond repair.â€�
•pg.333 - Kovit”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones

“But Kovit? Kovit has you. And how long he has you, I don't know. One day, someone will have more anger than fear, and they will come, and they will kill him." Gold's gaze was steady. "And on that day, I will light a candle for the loss of the friend who could have been, and then I will celebrate the death of the monster that was."
•pg.49 - Gold”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“She didn't ask herself what could have been, because Kovit was right. Asking what-ifs about people stole their agency for the choices they made in this life. But what could be. That was another question."
•pg.89 - Nita's thoughts”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“The world isn't fair, Kovit." Nita pressed her forehead to his. "Maybe you do deserve to die. Maybe you're irredeemably evil. But I don't care, and neither does the world. And God damn it, I'm not going to let INHUP take you from me."
•pg.170 - Nita”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“Kovit goes around doing terrible things and eventually those things will come back for him. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow,but there will always be someone out there with more hate then logic who will try to kill him.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“How many secrets does it take before it's all a lie?â€�
•pg.98 - Kovit”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain

“Every time someone thinks about me and imagines who I'd be in another life, they take away the choices I've made in this life. They make it seem like I was crammed into a life I didn't want.â€� He closed his eyes. “They take away my power in my own life. Build me up in their minds into a person I'm not. How is that any different than the people who only see me as a tool or a monster?â€� - Kovit

“I suppose it's not. Just a different side of one-dimensional.� - Nita
•pg.181 - Kovit, Nita”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain

“Sometimes she could see the monster inside him. And sometimes he made her see the monster inside herself.â€�
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― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain

“He swallowed heavily, and just under the surface, that broken, shattered look lurked, trying to press through his thin veneer of composure. But now she could see it wasn't a fatal break, it was the kind of break that was in her own soul too. The kind of break that stemmed from too much loss and betrayal, and you could either let the world break you or you could storm through the world and fill the cracks with the blood of those who'd hurt you until you were a semblance of whole again. Maybe not the same person, but still you, still alive, still moving forward on your own."
•pg.94-95 - Nita's thoughts”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“She'd been scared Kovit would crumble, and while his cracks were large, she trusted he would pick himself up and sharpen the broken edges into weapons."
•pg.95 - Nita's thoughts”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“Sometimes, she felt like both of them were damned no matter what they did, good or bad. That any choice they made led to ruin. But she couldn't let herself think that way. There's always a way to victory. Always a path to survival. Maybe it was ugly and painted in blood and grief, but it was there. She believed it. She had to believe it."
•pg.199 - Nita's thoughts”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

“I'm sorry. I just don't want you to ever not see me. I know so many people see me as nothing more than a tool for pain. But the other side of the coin is when people make excuses for everything I do. They blame it on a tragic past. On what I am. As though who you are is defined by what you are.â€�
•pg.180 - Kovit”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain