Darilyn

“Don’t listen to him.” Mabel waved a hand in disregard. “He’s gone and lost his mind since the last time you paid us a visit. All his marbles fell out; rolled under the tables and counters, and he’s too old to bend down and find them.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“He said that even if he knew that the world was going to hell tomorrow, he’d plant an apple tree today.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“You may have ruined my life, June. But first, you gave me one.”
― Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

“There once was a girl,” he murmured, “clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King—a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King… and the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window