Darian

“And here she was, laid out beside a demon, her body and soul freely given up to it as a sacrifice for the sake of a childhood dream. Apples never fall far from the tree, as they say, and Anna understood the saying a little more. This was her choice, wasn’t it? This was her hellish dream, her selfish wish for love. She wanted Ezra, my god she wanted him. Yet as she lay beside him in the stillness, in some strange bed, in some faraway place, her desire seemed more and more like hatred.”
― A. Wyne, Lover's Oath

“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
― A.A. Milne

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch