Tori ✼

“Death is what happens when you stand still,” I said. “Don’t stand still. Not for anything.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“they told me my job description but i think i’ve got it wrong. they said i was supposed to man the lighthouse and save lost ships from going down.
but every time i saw the ships i forgot about the light. i dove headfirst into the sea and swam to save their life.
  i drowned us both in the process; the ships never found the shore. i ended up helping less when i meant to be helping more.
  i think when they told me to save people with my light, i mistook their words and tried to save people with my life.
  i know i should have turned the light on, i know i should have taken their advice, but i don’t know what love is if it is not sacrifice.”
― Whitney Hanson, Climate

“He didn’t want me to jump because he didn’t want me to find out I could catch myself.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface