Vanessa

“If I were the god of the sun, I would have given her endless dawns and warm hearths. If I were the god of the sea, I would have given her cool rains on hot nights and currents that always brought her home. If I were the god of vitality, I would have given her sweet fruit and spring flowers. I would have given her anything, everything, because that was what she deserved—every single thing she had loved, fully and completely, about mortality. But I am not the god of any of those things. I have only one gift to lay at her feet. And so, I wait.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

“You are to be my bride.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Until I found you by Stephen Sanchez started playing at little more than a thought from me and I offered her my hand. One more song. The wedding dance we should have had. The beginning we’d been denied.”
― Caroline Peckham, Sorrow and Starlight

“What did he look like?” she asked. “Like if Rhysand from the ACOTAR series were a real person,” I said, putting my straw between my teeth.”
― Abby Jimenez, Say You'll Remember Me