Leticia

“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“So that is what I must hope for then? That one day I will see my father in the underworld and he will be sorry?” It is better than some of us get. But I held my peace. He had a right to his anger, and it was not my place to try to take it.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I catch my reflection in the windowpane of the greenhouse, and even with the rippled glass, I can see the pain right there in my golden eyes. A pain I’m trying to deny. My pride was hurt, sure, but my heart was hurt more. Because Rip felt like more. Almost. He was my almost more.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“And yet, even though that beast is once again silent, I can still feel it there, watching. Some untapped creature ready to rise up. I go still at that thought, and an old memory slithers forward. Shove down weakness, and strength will rise.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam