Vivian

“There are moments in one’s life that remain permanently distilled in memory. Some wither within minutes, and others are carved forever into our souls.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Why is it that with nobody to watch over them, men can’t stop themselves from falling into disrepair? And that disrepair is then looked upon kindly and excused by the world, seen not as a failure of personal responsibility but something poignant and tragic.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

“He smelled like the sky. He smelled the way air felt as it rushed around you, freeing and terrifying and the most beautiful fucking thing you’ve ever experienced.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“His eyes softened as they flicked back to me. I really did try not to notice, or care, that they drank me in the same way he drank in sunshine.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night