Syd

“The first time in weeks I’d seen something that looked like fight in her eyes. Goddess, I could’ve fucking wept for it. There she is, I thought.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

“If he’s a boyfriend, she’ll have to break up with him. If he’s a friend, fuck, it’s not like I can tell her who she can and can’t be friends with. I’m not that much of an asshole.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“He was on his knees, staring up at me. And that—the way he looked at me—was the first thing that felt real. Real, and raw, and… and confusing. Because he looked at me in sheer awe—like I was the most incredible thing he had ever seen. Like I was a fucking goddess.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“The kindness in his words, the sympathy in his voice, makes tears flame behind my eyes.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen