Heidi

“They say that when I was born, all the wild geese flew down from the sky, and the fish sank beneath the waves, having forgotten how to swim. Even the lotus flowers in out gardens quivered and turned their heads away, so ashamed they were of their own diminished allure in my presence.”
― Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers

“How ironic it was, that when we were apart, all i wished for was to be with him. Yet as soon as we were reunited, all we did was tell each other to leave.”
― Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers

“She’s so fucking frustrating in the way she forces him to be exactly what she needs while disregarding what he wants, or how he feels about any of it.”
― Kate Goldbeck, You, Again

“His eyes fluttered open, focused on me; it was how he had looked at me in all our time together, across the palace rivers, across the polished floors of his chambers, underneath the moonlight. no matter where we were, he was always the first one to spot me, always the last to look away. as if afraid that i would disappear at any moment, like smoke in the breeze. as if he knew that one day, he would run out of time, out of chance.”
― Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers