shahd Faris

“but here, with his pulse thudding through his chest and beating an even rhythm onto hers, he was just a boy, just a bloody, beating heart that could be cut out at any moment by a blade sharp enough”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“Like twin statues reaching for each other, they both fell asleep at last.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“But don’t be mistaken, Juliette.”
His eyes swiveled to her slowly. That once-familiar stare was now fathomless, and Juliette’s breath caught in her throat, stilling like a creature in the headlights. She was ready. She knew what he would say. But it still tore into her, it still stung as mightily as razor wire wrapped around her heart, both ends pulled until it could wrap no tighter.
“When this is over, I will have my revenge. You will answer to me for what you did.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“they were once as familiar as halves of the same soul”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends