Ruby Hinton

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Sometimes mortals are not aware of the threads that bind them. You could both be wrong about the first time
you met, and yet the two of you have orbited each other for so long, like heavenly bodies in the sky.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“Will had kissed Nico for the first time in a moment of impulsiveness, something Nico didn’t know Will had in him. The kiss had been just like this one, short and sweet.
Then Will had pulled away, worry on his face, an apology tumbling from his lips.
Nico had stopped him. Then kissed him back.
In a moment so full of grief and rage and sadness, Will had given him …
Light.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“You are the ghost king, a voice said.

I am, Nico thought.

This is where you belong.

But then Nico raised his head. Looked at the other two passengers. Will, whose face was strained as he reached down with a shaking hand to grab at him.

Nico took it, gripped his boyfriend’s hand tight, and thought, No. This is where I belong.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star