India C

“You make me wish I could stay...You're the only person who's ever done that, apart from Blue.”
― Heather Fawcett, The School Between Winter and Fairyland: A Middle Grade Fantasy About a Servant, a Missing Twin, and the Chosen One for Children

“...it’s always the friends in the end, isn’t it, who remain to pick up the pieces when the men have gone, leaving destruction in their wake? Still, only the romantic partner is taken seriously. Friends and family will not gather, ever, to celebrate my partnership with Naima—there will be no anniversaries or acknowledgments, no congratulatory cards, no celebratory ceremonies. And yet, it is this slow burning love of female friendship that actually keeps the world turning.”
― Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre

“It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It’s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you’ll fly rather than fall. I can’t step off the ledge for you. It’s something only you can do.”
― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

“You've got me in the gallows here, but I'll be damned if you're not the most beautiful executioner I've ever seen.”
― mightbewriting, Wait and Hope