“Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers. But we who would wield power adorn ourselves in flowers to hide the sting of our thorns." Be sweeter. Be gentler. Smile when you are suffering. Zoya had ignored these lessons, often to her detriment. She was all thorns.” SufferingGrishaverseLeigh BardugoZoya NazyalenskyKing Of ScarsGrishaElizavetaSankta Elizaveta Book:King of Scars Source: King of Scars
“No one wants to look too closely at another person's pain.” PainGrishaverseLeigh BardugoKing Of ScarsGrishaElizavetaSankta Elizaveta Book:King of Scars Source: King of Scars
“I know the pain is bad,” said Elizaveta as she drifted through the thicket. “But the thorns will keep you from forcing the darkness to recede.” PainDarknessNina ZenikNikolai LantsovZoya NazyalenskyElizaveta Book:King of Scars Source: King of Scars