Quotes by Kameron Hurley

Because until you know what you want to be, other people are just going to keep trying to make you into something useful for them.

Nobody really knows what I am,” Nyx said. “Not until I put a bullet in their head.

Nyx had killed a lot of people. Shed let even more die through neglect. Rhys was just one more. Im the same person, arent I? she thought. She had burned herself up, only to come out the other side exactly the same.Taites signal would get out, Nyx knew. It would be soon enough to save *her*. But it would not be soon enough for Rhys. Nyx hardened her jaw. Her hands and feet were still tied. Theyd stripped her of her most obvious weapons. She could just wait this out.She saw Rhys register that. But there was no shock. Just resignation. He knew her for what she was. Butcher. Monster.The same old monster.

Good luck to you, he said, and she remembered how he had looked at her as she pinned Yah Tayyib, as if she was some kind of monster.Maybe she was.