Abby

“Have you no more memories?' I am made of memories. The memories come, and come. We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“And I’m terrified he’ll see through the tough iceberg layer, and he’ll discover not a soft, sweet girl, but an ugly fucking disaster underneath.”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“„I can't get it out of my head. I can't think,” he choked.
„You can do it.” She reached up and found his face. She stroked her fingertips across his cheeks, finding a pattern of scales across the tops of his cheekbones. „You're stronger than anyone I know. You're tougher than everyone. I know you can do this.”
She gripped his face in her hands, offering strenght and steady calm through the surety of her touch. He stilled. (…)
The collar broke apart with a hiss of dying magic and disintegrating steel.
„You did it.” She threw her arms around him, hugging him tight. „I knew you could!”
He sagged on top of her, breathing hard, this time from exertion. He slid his arms around her and his wings curled down too, doubling the hug.”
― Annette Marie, Chase the Dark

“I understood monuments now. Some were built of stone and sweat, and others were built of dreams, but they were all made of the things we didn't want to forget.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Kiss of Deception