Katy

“This was a useful machine, this engine. Another reminder that progress wasn’t all bad. Machetes replaced obsidian or stone knives. Motors replaced paddles. Except one day, that march of progress had turned him into the thing that was no longer needed. Progress was a wave. It first caught you in it and carried you, but the moment you slipped off the crest, you went crashing into the surf and maybe never came back up.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Isles of the Emberdark

“Are you going to tell me it’s not my fault?” I shook my head. “No. I’ve learned over the years that people think they want absolution. But that’s not what they really need to hear.” “What do most people need to hear?” For some reason, I had to speak past a lump in my throat. “They need to hear, ‘Even if it is your fault, I will love you anyway.’ ”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“Malfoy always comes for me.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“She slumped against him, burying her face in his chest as tears streamed down her face. She felt Malfoy’s arms softly wrap around her, supporting her, holding her close as they both slipped down the cupboard door and onto the floor. When he pulled her into his lap, she didn’t attempt to push him away. Oddly, she didn’t want to. But she couldn’t stop sobbing, or stop herself from feebly batting his chest, trying to punch him even though she was utterly spent.”
― Emerald_Slytherin, Secrets and Masks