YA LIT MEME » [5/8] OTPs » alina starkov & nikolai lantsov

“I want to kiss you,” Nikolai said. “But I won’t. Not until you’re thinking of me instead of trying to forget him.”

@litladiesnetwork’s first event: favorite ya female protagonist — alina starkov 

Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

“The pilgrims call her Razrusha’ya.” The Ruined.

YA LIT MEME » [½] ANTAGONISTS » aleksander morozova (the darkling)

“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”

The volcra, the nichevo’ya, they were my monsters, all of them. And he was my monster, too.

Alina Starkov, The Grisha Trilogy

I loved being your ~friend~, Alina.

                                           how could he be so cruel and still so human?

ya lit meme: five protagonists [3/5] — alina starkov

“It’s true,” I said softly. “You are stronger, wiser, infinite in experience.” I leaned forward and whispered, my lips brushing the shell of his ear. 

“But I am an apt pupil.” 

{insp.}