Kaavya

“But stories were devious things, things with agendas. They could cheat and steal and lie to your face. They could crumble away under your feet.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

“Didn't you envy? Didn't you want? A mirror is only a mirror, Belle. It only ever reflects back what we desire and long for”
― Mona Awad, Rouge

“That things are only beautiful because they don't last- Full moons, flowers in bloom, you.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

“Thank god, I tell myself. Which god, I don't know. Between Mother's and Father's gods, I picture a wide black space full of stars. That's the space I whisper up to. Maybe there's a god there too. My own”
― Mona Awad, Rouge