Alyssa

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“That scene was our beginning, as unglamorous as it was. No matter how scared I was of you and everything you presented, I wouldn’t have it any other way. You’re the purest, most passionate soul I’ve ever met. You loved me when I didn’t even like myself. You held me when I was falling apart and me put myself back together one piece at a time until I became the man I am today. I love you more than words can describe, and I’ll be honoured if you choose to spend the rest of your life with me so I can give back a fraction of what you’ve given me. Nikolai Sokolov, will you marry me”
― Rina Kent, God of Fury

“You're the fire to my icy heart, and while I loathed that at the beginning, I soon came to the realization that I can't survive without that fire. My feelings for you are nowhere near conventional. They're neither proportional nor measurable, and that heart you melted and the emotions you provoked belong to you. I'd rather be smashed and broken to pieces with you than be whole without you. I'd rather remain a beast for you than become a man who has to survive without you.”
― Rina Kent, God of Wrath

“Easy love is overrated. Hard love means you have to fight, and when you're fighting, it means you have something worth fighting for. And that's beautiful. That's everything.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Older