Loureid Quotes

“I want to thank you- for everything." I squeezed his fingers, my own stiff and aching from the cold. "Célie was right. I don't deserve you. I made a real mess of your life when I came into it." His other hand came down on top of mine. Warm and steady. To my surprise, he smiled. "I'm glad you did.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“I would feel his absence even after death, would ache for him to be near me in a way he could never be again. I would bear the pain gladly to keep even a small part of him with me. The pain meant we'd been real.”
— Serpent & Dove,”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove