Alcieta

“He is coming, and coming, and coming, and coming after you. In every sunset, in every snatch of birdsong In everything that stirs deep into you and makes you hungry for bigger things, eternal things. That is Him, pursuing you with tenderest grace. In the places so hard they wring your soul. In the places so beautiful they steal your breath. He is there, filling your soul, giving you breath.”
― Amanda Dykes, Set the Stars Alight

“Her lips had parted under the weight of his silent want, her mouth growing heavy with the sound of his name and a desperate, foolish impulse to whisper the word against his skin.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“Milena, if a million loved you, I am one of them, and if one loved you, it was me, if no one loved you then know that I am dead.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“My father sat ensconced in his chair like a fabled god. Tall, strong, immovable. But I saw through his illusion and despaired.”
― Jessica Dotta, Mark of Distinction