Mutually assured destruction.
Holly Black.
“Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.”
“We all wind up drawn to what we're afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from a thing by crawling inside of it, by loving it, by becoming it.”
“I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have.”
“She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "Yes," he said finally.”
“Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.”
“I will guard you from Death, for I have no fear of him.”
“Mankind's obsession with money and greed has them going down a one way street to their demise.”
“I have yet to discover if you will be my salvation or my demise.”
“Mutually assured destruction.”
“How can I tell anyone that there has always lived within me a rusty sense of disgust-a dull, brackish water that I suspect is my soul?”
“I'll tell you a secret.Old storytellers never die.They disappear into their own story.”
“A secret note is secret. There is no reason to sign it.”