emily

“It would be easier, he knew, if he had never loved her. And yet, given the choice, he would do it again, even knowing what was to come. He would lose her a thousand times over if it meant he would first have the chance to love her.”
― Claire Legrand, Lightbringer

“I have loved you. I have trusted you. Part of me will always belong to you. But not all of me. You saw that I was afraid and worked to keep me that way. You saw that I was lonely and reminded me of it every time I thought of leaving you.”
― Claire Legrand, Lightbringer

“You love me."
"I wish I didn't," she said bitterly.
"I fascinate you, darling."
"As would your death.”
― Claire Legrand, Lightbringer

“It would not have been fear that took me from you, if I had decided to leave. It would have been my own self, my own will. And you denied me that choice.”
― Claire Legrand, Lightbringer