Lauma

“I had no right to claim him, I know it. But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Because death is only a reprieve for the dead, Mr. Thorly. It cares little for those it leaves behind.”
― Adalyn Grace, Belladonna

“Fear and hatred, fear and hatred: often, it seemed that those were the only two qualities he possessed. Fear of everyone else; hatred of himself.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Don't look down as you're flying, or you'll realize the impossibility of it and fall.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun