constantina

“There once was a girl,” he murmured, “clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King—a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King… and the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“For when the world was darkest, I remembered you.”
― Heather Dixon Wallwork, The Enchanted Sonata

“Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“...there is always more than one way to see the world. Those who claim otherwise would have you dwell forever in the dark.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns