Jean

“The fanfare is in the light, but the execution is in the dark, the purpose being always to mislead.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“You are not replaceable,” he said. His hands were shaking as he gripped her. “You are not required to make your death convenient. You are allowed to be important to people. The reason I took that fucking Vow was to keep you alive. To keep you safe." - Chapter 52: Flashback 27”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“And in a clearing in the woods, in a church ruined by thorns and time, something stirred. Something called all six of them by name.”
― Sierra Simone, A Lesson in Thorns

“I’ve been lied to, abandoned, and broken. I’ve been shunned and stolen. I’ve spent too much of my life being told how to react to a man’s body. I was never told to listen to his heartbeat, or warned how the comfort of his embrace would firmly pull the threads of doubt until it unraveled completely, or that the unraveling would reveal such refuge underneath.”
― C.D. Reiss, Take Me