Ophelia

“Everything inside Andrew had been scooped out, and he'd been left a hollow thing, impossible to fill. Dove would absolutely freak out when she saw what he'd done to his hand. He'd explain it to her over breakfast, how it had been a tough, stressful year, and he'd spaced out for a minute. He'd thought there was a monster in the mirror and he'd only meant to kill it.”
― C.G. Drews, Don't Let the Forest In

“Who tells you to be quiet all the time?” Laurie’s words are a low, thickened spill of warm honey. “Pain is meant to take up space or else we wouldn’t know how to scream. Fuck making your agony silent to avoid disturbing others. Maybe they should be disturbed.”
― C.G. Drews, Hazelthorn

“I'm scared of everything except the dark.”
― C.G. Drews, Don't Let the Forest In

“If you drop the weight you are carrying, it is okay. You can build yourself back up out of the pieces.”
― K. Ancrum, The Wicker King