“ Ignorance may be bliss, but only if it outweighs curiosity. Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy. ”
What if I mess up?Oh, you will. You'll mess up, you'll make mistakes, you'll break things. Some you'll be able to piece together, and others you'll lose. That's all a given. But there's only one thing you have to do for me.What's that?Stay alive long enough to mess up again.
~ Victoria Schwab
You wanted to feel alive, right? It doesn't matter if you're monster or human. Living hurts.
People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances, molded as much by their regrets as their actions, choices they stood by and those they wished they could undo. Of course, there was no going back - time only moved forward - but people could change. For worse.And for better.It wasn't easy. The world was complicated. Life was hard. And so often, living hurt. So make it worth the pain.
I’ve been thinking.” “A dangerous pursuit.” “Indeed.