Amie

“Unwise to dream of death in a world where someone has the power to make those dreams come true.”
― Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven

“Tenderly, as only monsters are tender, he asks, "Are you afraid to be like us, Ying?"

"No," Ying says. (How can she be afraid of anything, when he is so beautiful?)

She turns her head. Her breath fogs over the copper petals, until nothing is left of her but a dim reflection in his wings.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Monster was the best, his favorite word. The first half was a kiss, the second a hiss.”
― Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven

“The mask of self-deception was no longer a mask for me, it was a part of me. Night lifted it, laying bare the stifled truth below; but there was no one to see except myself,”
― Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow