Alyssa

“He’d told me once that fear was more than a wasted emotion, it was the ultimate set of blinders; that if I couldn’t face the truth of my reality, I could never control it, and would be subject to the wishes of anyone whose will was stronger than mine. He knew too well, from battling his own inner monster, what I’ve come to fathom only here and now. The most critical, defining battles we wage in life, we wage alone. Against ourselves.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Feversong

“Sun, moon, and stars, I told him. He inclined his head. Of all the years, this one with you has been my finest. Fire to my ice, Mac. Frost to my flame, Jericho. Forever, we said, and it was a vow far more powerful and binding than any ring or piece of paper.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Feversong

“He’s happy, Yi-yi.”
I went very still. “He, who?”
“The one who danced you into love.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Feversong

“We fuck up. Over and over. And we get back up and try to do better. That's all any of us do.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Feversong