Camila

“Never apologize for wishing to devour the world whole, child”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

“We’ll be untouched, forever, folded into the roots. We’ll have toadstools in our arteries and ant nests in our mouths. We’ll sprout roses in our eyes, and we’ll be knitted together, and I will never leave you, and you will never leave me—”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

“Like this life is one grand test and if we grow up wrong, then we'll end up as Cast-Out Susans."

Her mouth pinched at the idea. That week, Indigo and I had finished rereading The Chronicles of Narnia and were once again obsessed with Susan Pevensie. A queen locked out of the real she'd once ruled, exiled for the crime of growing up.
Susan Pevensie was our nightmare.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

“I am scared of you," she said in a quiet voice. "You terrify me, and that is how I know I love you... but you're not scared of me at all, are you?”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride