BriAnna

“I don’t mean die physically, but mentally. Emotionally. Spiritually.” She presses a hand to her chest, thumping it twice. “You can’t contemplate or settle or thrive when you’re living like that. I was dead and running, just trying to keep up with survival. Just making it one day. People don’t get that, you know? If they’ve never lived like that. It’s one day. A whole slew of one-day-at-a-times, just getting through, squeezing by. Always running, never expecting anything else.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“but for what it’s worth, I am glad that you’re here in this world with me,” I say quietly. His eyes soften. “Oh, Goldfinch. I would’ve found you in whatever world you were in. In whatever life.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“But if you’re ever doubting, just stop and listen to the voice in your head. So long as the voice is yours and not his, then you know you’re beating the bastard.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“To say I’m taken aback is putting it mildly. The idea that he would stay with me makes me feel oddly vulnerable. He cocks his head. “Where else would I be if not with you?”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow