krew

“I feel like a constellation of wounds, held together with string and stubbornness.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“they settled against each other a little gracelessly, more intent on closeness than comfort. paul pressed his mouth to julian’s temples and wrists and the side of his throat so that he could feel his pulse against his teeth. there were still a few half-melted fragments of snow clinging to julian’s hair, but they dissolved between paul’s fingers as soon as he touched them.”
― Micah Nemerever

“I think of his riddle. How do people like us take off our armor?
One piece at a time.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing