Davina

“The servants used to say, 'he read himself silly.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“If you say a word, it leaps out and becomes the truth. I love you. I believe it. I believe I am loveable. How can something as fragile as a word build a whole world?”
― Franny Billingsley, Chime

“You don’t mind when he stares at you.” Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric.

"He doesn’t stare,” I said. “He looks.”
― Franny Billingsley, Chime

“A poem doesn’t come out and tell you what it has to say. It circles back on itself, eating its own tail and making you guess what it means.”
― Franny Billingsley, Chime