Kristen Rogers

“Listen here, Miss Ettings! I am in love with you. You deserve to hear that. I love your wit and cleverness. I love that you are kind but almost never nice. I love your eyes and your hair and your freckles, and the fact that you smell like some monstrous floral perfume all of the time.” He paused, now looking somewhat offended at himself. “And I love to dance with you. That is the worst of it by far.”
― Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul

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

“Elias stared at her. As Dora considered his face, she became convinced that there were tears there.
"Oh, bother," Dora sighed. "I am about to flout propriety, Lady Carroway. Do be kind to me, please."
She wrapped her arms around the magician tightly—and felt him crumble away against her.”
― Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul

“She had little effort to spare for making unpleasant men more comfortable.”
― Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul