Laura

“Do you ever feel as if you wear armor, day after day? That when people look at you, they see only the shine of steel that you've so carefully encased yourself in? They see what they want to see in you—the warped reflection of their own face, or a piece of the sky, or a shadow cast between buildings. They see all the times you've made mistakes, all the times you've failed, all the times you've hurt them or disappointed them. As if that is all you will ever be in their eyes.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“There were not enough pages in all the books Elm had read, in all the libraries he’d wandered, in all the notebooks he’d scrawled, that could measure—denote or describe—just how beautiful she was.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“I am so afraid. And yet how I long to be vulnerable and brave when it comes to my own
heart”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Above rowan and yew, the elm tree stands tall. It waits along borders, a sentry at call.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns