Shantal

“I always knew you. And always will. Your soul calls to mine. It’s a feeling of coming home. Of peace. No magic can duplicate it.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Tell me you hate me, that I am your worst enemy. Better yet, tell me you don't want to kiss me.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“But I’m begging you, Violet. Don’t offer me your body unless you’re offering me everything. I want you more than I want to fuck you. I want those three little words back.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame