Magic

“I lifted my chin, and the air became thick between us. “One day, Professor, I'm going to be strong enough to fight you off.” He took a measured breath and I felt like he was sucking something vital out of my body that I wasn’t sure I’d ever get back. “I know,” he said, his eyes glittering. “But until that day, you're mine, Blue.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Awakening

“To love someone is to want to keep them forever. To love someone is to curl up with their bloodstain on the floor. But it is not love to leave something voluntarily. It is not love to cradle someone's heart and take it with you to the grave.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
"What a stupid lamb," I sighed.
"What a sick, masochistic lion.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“Because I want only you, Lilith. Whatever of you I can have. I’ll take one night. One hour. One minute. Whatever you want to give me. I’ll have it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses