❁ maggie ❁

“You had everything that mattered, but you could never believe it. He loved you, and you loved him. But you had to cling to this path that you thought was your fate. You killed him, even though it didn’t mean anything at all. It wasn’t fate that cursed you, General. It was you. How you scorned me for being so afraid! And yet you were the one who was too afraid to be yourself, and to claim what was given to you.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World

“Cooper, how do you do this work when your heart feels so heavy?”
― Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

“Darkness lies ahead, yes, but so do joy, solace, and, above all, love.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

“What I felt for Agnes was right and true, yes, but it was not selfless. Perhaps love never is.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing