Charlie

“The universe is cruel. Life is not fair. Our ability to feel and to love is our weakness; this is what it means to be human.”
― Melissa Delport, Rainfall

“I’m sorry,” he says. “I know it’s not easy. Being loved by me.” I bite my bottom lip and take a deep breath. “You’re wrong.” I know he loves me, but it’s different when he says it. That he’s reached the point where he can utter those three little words means more than the sentiment itself. “Being loved by you is the best fucking feeling in the world.”
― Neva Altaj, Stolen Touches

“How can I let myself have you when I’ve done so much damage?” “What about what I deserve?” I ask him, and he blinks at me. “What?” “I don’t want you to think about this in terms of what you deserve. I want you to think about me and what I deserve.” His Adam’s apple bobs, and his eyes don’t stray from mine. “You deserve the world,” he says. I smile, placing a finger under his chin, my nail likely digging into his skin ever so slightly. “Then give it to me.”
― Sarah Blue, Jolly Cupid

“You can’t break something that’s already been broken beyond repair, Pasha.” I press my cheek into his palm. His jaw goes rigid and the vein at his temple pulses. “We’ll fix you up, mishka,” he says through gritted teeth and pulls my face closer. “We will piece together every broken shard, I promise you. And then, we’ll fucking annihilate the bastards who hurt you.”
― Neva Altaj, Fractured Souls