Patience

“Stay present. Don’t worry about what you might face. Focus on what you are facing. The second you get lost in your mind is the second you might end up dead.”
― Michelle Madow, The Secrets of Magic

“Look around you,” he commands softly. Hesitantly, I pull my eyes away from his, dragging my gaze across the dozens of mirrors. “What you’re seeing now is what I see every day. No matter how far I run, how hard I try to escape you—you’re everywhere I go. You’re everything I see. Loving you is like being trapped in a house of mirrors, little mouse. And I’ve never felt so at home while being so lost inside you.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“He’s such a fucking oxymoron. Contradicting in the most agonizing ways.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“I will tell you something that very few people know,” she said, spearing a piece of roasted beef. “I think I can trust you.” “And what is that?” Kryn asked, spreading the green bean casserole apart with his fork, as if he expected to find razor blades hidden in it. “I am human.”
― Ingrid Seymour, A Cage So Gilded