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

“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

“I’ve lived through some injustices in the last couple of centuries. Seen some fucking travesties. But one of the biggest, Oraya, is that anyone taught you that you should become anything other than exactly what you are.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“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