Aurora

“An illusion." She stared at the faux leather. "Fear is an illusion to keep us from our full potential. It's what traps Dredgers so they can't be free. What traps us in within their nightmares. But a nightmare is an illusion of what could be. Not what is. Once the fear is gone, it's not a nightmare anymore.”
― A.J. Lexa, Lines Between Stars

“Marigold bled into faint blues of morning as sunshine peeked over mountains of the city she'd always called home.”
― A.J. Lexa, Lines Between Stars

“I love you," she said, "and I hate you, more than I have ever hated anyone. I see it now: you must love someone to truly hate them. They must give you something before they can take it away.”
― Natasha Siegel, As Many Souls as Stars

“Esther felt as if she were ripe fruit, about to burst its skin, a cloud about to rain, and she was so undone, so confused, so exhausted of feeling constantly on the edge of something without actually reaching it.”
― Natasha Siegel, As Many Souls as Stars