Akshatha ⭐

“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“It’s the way he’s looking at me that suddenly
makes swallowing seem like a struggle, breathing seem like a chore. I’ve never been looked at like it’s a privilege to be in my presence, an honor to
hold my gaze, a gift to get a glimpse of me. Not until I met him.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Remind me to to make you smile like that again, when you aren't dying, and I have all the time in the world to memorise it.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“He’s looking at me like one would a painting—drinking in every detail, delighting in its originality, deeming it a work of art.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless