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“Kindness shouldn’t have to be earned. It should be freely given.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“Life takes you on paths you don’t have a map for.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“If you insist on lying, at least be better at it.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“Shove down weakness, and strength will rise...”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“Yet it’s the hurts without marks that worry me the most.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“I need you all to tuck your dicks in for a second and try to think rationally. Like a woman.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“You never notice what’s keeping you balanced until you realize you’re not standing straight anymore.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“That’s the thing with trauma to the body—it shows up instantly. In breaks and bruises, in burns and in blood. But the trauma on the inside, that’s harder to see. It creeps around your mind, poisons you with disquiet. It can hit you out of nowhere, debilitating and ruinous. There are no marks visible for those. None, save the shadows in your eyes.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“I’m ridiculously fun. You kind of have to be when the only person you hang out with is you. I wouldn’t want to bore myself.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gild

“Though, it seems to me that trying and failing is better than giving up.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“I want to be so strong that I never have to fear anyone else in this world. That if I need to, I can make them all fear me.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“... You can't reason with feelings. They do what they want, forcing you to endure.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“I wish I could string up the sun and keep it tied in the sky, but wishes are for stars, and I hardly get to see any of those anyway.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gild

“Sometimes, things need first to be ruined in order to then be remade.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“I slipped," I say stupidly. I'm both embarrassed that he saw me fall, and relieved he caught me.
In the moonlight, I can see him arch a brow. "I noticed.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“Commander, I must insist that you don’t touch King Midas’s favored.” “I must insist that you shut the fuck up,” Osrik drawls.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“I don’t think gold’s your color, Commander.”  “I disagree. Gold has quickly become my favorite.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You see a commander from another kingdom’s army coming toward your king’s favored, and your instinct is to back the fuck up?” he seethes.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You’re very floppy.” I rest my head against his firm, muscled chest. “You’re very hard,” I counter. A rich, dark laugh slips from his mouth. “You’ve no idea.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“Between life and death. Then, with a raindrop on my cheek that might have spilled from my eye, I open the door and walk into the inn. And I die, just a little bit more.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“I'm glad you're choosing you," he says quietly, and my lips part, like I want to swallow the rumble of his cadence.
"You are?"
I go completely still as he moves his hand and grips my chin, like he wants to make sure I'm paying attention.
I am.
“Yes, Goldfinch. Because I’m choosing you, too.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“Why the fuck is there a bruise on your cheek?”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“My voice cracks with the truth, but I let it spread, let it split, just as I've been torn down the middle for weeks. It's so hard, standing here in this raw honesty, bleeding out words.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“What do you mean?” “I want all of you,” he tells me, a newfound hunger in the depths of his green eyes that stirs heat beneath my skin. “Every piece, every memory, every minute, every inch. This isn’t going to be some casual dalliance. This isn’t going to be temporary. I want you soul, mind, and body. I want your trust and your thoughts. I want your past, your present, your future.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“There comes a point in your life when you have to choose between having regrets and the possibility of making mistakes. I’d rather make those mistakes than live without ever taking a chance, because I’ve missed out on too much already. Taking chances can be like walking through a mudslide, where every inch of you gets stained, but regrets are the stagnant pools of deprivation, and I’ve been wading in them for far too long.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You don’t have to be cruel to be strong. You don’t have to be mean to seem brave. You don’t have to look down on others in order to stand tall. Having emotions does not mean you’re weak. It means you’re smart enough to let yourself feel.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“I’ve always been treated like treasure, but with Slade, I’m simply treasured.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“With the right person, there is power when you kneel. There is adoration with submission. There is balance with control.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“One person’s pain doesn’t negate another’s. Our heartaches are not competition, but the bridge to empathy. So that we can look at one another and know that on some level, we understand.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“His instruction tightens my stomach with arousal and I swallow hard. "Bossy."
"King," he drawls.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow