Anna

“For Abby, "friend" is a word whose sharp corners have been worn smooth by overuse. "I'm friends with the guys in IT," she might say, or "I'm meeting some friends after work."

But she remembers when the word "friend" could draw blood. She and Gretchen spent hours ranking their friendships, trying to determine who was a best friend and who was an everyday friend, debating whether anyone could have two best friends at the same time, writing each other's names over and over in purple ink, buzzed on the dopamine high of belonging to someone else, having a total stranger choose you, someone who wanted to know you, another person who cared that you were alive.”
― Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

“Faith had always told herself that she was not like other ladies. But neither, it seemed, were other ladies.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“Persephone to Hades

You are the kindest thing that ever happened to me, even if that is not how our tale is told.

When everyone else told me i was destined to be a forgotten nymph that nutured flowers and turn meadows gold,

you saw that the ichor that resides in me demanded its own throne. You showed me

how a love like ours can turn even the darkest, coldest realm into the happiest of homes.”
― Nikita Gill

“You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla