Iman

“Darling," he said, "I have only begun to love you.”
― Evie Dunmore, Bringing Down the Duke

“When he was gone, would I be like Achilles, wailing over his lost lover Patroclus? I tried to picture myself running up and down the beaches, tearing at my hair, cradling some scrap of old tunic he had left behind. Crying out for the loss of half my soul.

I could not see it. That knowledge brought its own sort of pain.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I didn’t let go of him, holding him there until he pressed his face into the hollow of my neck and finally let out the tight breath he’d been holding. Slowly, he softened.
This was the only safe place in the city. This small space that we fit into.”
― Adrienne Young, The Last Legacy

“Aeduan bundled her up and stood. She was so light, so fragile. A bird in his demon arms.”
― Susan Dennard, Windwitch