Celeste

“I’ll never set you free, little demon. It’s best you understand that now.” She licks her wet lips. “Because I’d hate to have to kill us both.” If I can’t have her, no one will. But I also would never want to survive in a world where she doesn’t exist. Death would be heaven compared to a life without her being mine.”
― Shantel Tessier, The Sinner

“That’s what love is. It’s finding that perfectly imperfect person that complements your heart, that brightens your shadows, that sees your broken, mismatched parts and wants to spend the rest of their life piecing them into place.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, The Stars are on Our Side

“Just as I stand, muffled shouting arises, and I feel several sets of hands grab my body at once and shove me back down. I fight against their hold, continuing to roar, but my blindness works against me. Straps circle around my wrists and chest, imprisoning me to the hospital bed. But I’m too far gone.”
― H.D. Carlton, Hunting Adeline

“I think, sometimes, the things that frighten us become more bearable when you don’t have to face them alone,”
― Jennifer Hartmann, The Stars are on Our Side