If I Had One Wish, I Would Use It To Send My Parents To Therapy Before I Was Born

If i had one wish, i would use it to send my parents to therapy before I was born

Macbeth/ The Cruel Prince

"Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up thine own life’s means!”

“The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed.”

I know that in the first, Ross is talking about patricide, but in general, when it comes to ambition and how far a person will go, there are a lot of parallels between The Cruel Prince and Macbeth. (Never mind the fact that Madoc always reminded me of Macbeth, and so did Jude, for those parts of her that reminded me of Madoc.)

“If you hurt me, I wouldn’t cry. I would hurt you back.”

- Jude Duarte

Holly Black could have so easily fallen into the YA trap of pairing every teenage girl with a wise and mystical fae 8 times her age but no, Holly said here’s your mystical fae he’s like 19 years old and he’s dumb as shit

―― all my rage, sabaa tahir

"You are my creature, Jude Duarte."

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"Tell me that you are mine, Jude."

"I am your creature, Prince Balekin," I say, looking into his eyes and lying with my whole heart.

dunno if this makes sense but I found this parallel. turns out dain and balekin are more alike than we thought 🤨🤷