Meredith Rushing

“Abitha could see that these people believed, truly believed, that they were doing God’s work here this day. And there was something about these people that horrified Abitha even worse than those whose faces were lined with cruelty. As at least cruelty was a thing that could be pointed out, confronted. But this belief, this absolute conviction that this evil they were doing was good, was God’s work—how, she wondered, how could such a dark conviction ever be overcome?”
― Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

“I was well aware how wildly I loved him, but looking at him then...I felt it in every pore of my body, felt it as if it might crush me, consume me.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Or do you think I'm strong enough to admit that even though my body can physically live on without you, I would never get my fucking soul back?”
― H.D. Carlton, Hunting Adeline

“He’s my own personal brand of salvation,”
― Laura Thalassa, A Strange Hymn