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“I had not fit into anyone’s arms like that since childhood. And even then, no one had ever held me so tightly—as if they needed me in their arms as much as I needed to be held. As if nothing else mattered but to hold one another. As if we had all the time in the world.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“You won’t need that,” Ravyn said as I pocketed the crow’s foot. “You haven’t needed it for eleven years.” I stared at him. “But the mist—The Spirit of the Wood—” “Does not catch people like us,” he said. “But the book says—” “You and I already carry strange magic. We’re the very things the book warns against, Miss Spindle.” He smiled, gesturing away from the house into the garden. “We needn’t be afraid of a little salt in the air.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“There was something just so beautiful about a man who saved the best parts of himself for the women in his life.”
― Vi Keeland, Happily Letter After

“Now that I’ve seen her again, I’m like a junkie itching for my next fix, and I’m not sure how long I can wait.”
― Nichole Greene, The Hunt