Athanasia ♥︎

“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“If someone hurts you," I continue, my voice dropping lower, "I’ll bring you a piece of them. So you’ll know I avenged you." I smile. I hope it comes across as comforting, but I know it terrifies her too. "If we argue? If you tell me to sleep somewhere else? I’ll crawl under your bed and stay there until you want me back in it. I won’t pretend to be something I’m not. I won’t lie to you.”
― Nova Black, The Hellkeeper

“Because I remember that girl, my seffi, with her wild hair and her easy smile, and I have been missing her for almost a decade.” Her breath hitched in surprise. “I will make you remember her,” I vowed, “because I can never forget her. No matter how hard I’ve tried.”
― Zoey Draven, Broken by the Horde King

“We don’t have to love anybody who doesn’t love us back.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors