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“...books became my best friends.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“And I have a theory," she went on, "that if I were badly wounded, you would help me. True or false?"
He went silent.
He was silent so long Alizeh had time enough to watch a drop of dew drip off a glossy green leaf.
"True or false, Cyrus?"
She heard his uneven exhale, the raw edge to his voice when he said, irritably, "False."
The nosta flashed cold.
"Liar," she whispered.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“I always thought you were some kind of an angel.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“He laughed a little, like he was drunk. "I do say it a lot."

"What?" she said, going briefly still.

"Your name," he said, and closed his eyes. He nearly fell over, catching himself at the last second. "I didn't know your name for so long, angel. I love the way it feels in my mouth.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads