Kathleen

“It’s hard wearing our differences with pride when the world looks at them with contempt.”
― R. Raeta, Pits & Poison: These Godly Lies

“Hm. But if you are willing to commit to me – if you grant me the privilege of your trust – then in return, I offer myself as your steadfast companion, who faces all things at your side. I will honour you in body and spirit. You will be my highest calling. Neither of us has a home, but as long as you want me, I will do all I can to be your harbour.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Dark Mirror

“It kills me that I’m never going to hear you call me little dreamer again,’ I admitted. ‘I’d have decked anyone else, but it made me feel like I could be smaller with you. Not in worth or importance, but … like I didn’t have to stretch myself so far, to be so much. I didn’t have to be the Pale Dreamer or Black Moth or the Underqueen or Flora Blake. Every time you held me, you gathered all those people into one. With you, I could just be Paige.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Dark Mirror

“Wearing her skin shouldn’t be an act of bravery—shouldn’t be an obstacle to overcome—but it is. It still is.”
― R. Raeta, Pits & Poison: These Godly Lies