K.K.

“Child.” She clucked her tongue. “None of us, human or sidhe, are shatterproof. We break because it’s in our nature to break. It just means we have to put ourselves back together stronger next time.”
― Xen Sanders, Shatterproof

“It took me years to learn that happiness is not something one attains, but fleeting, like sunshine. It comes and goes.”
― Rick R. Reed, Blink

“maman said I was an old soul, caught up in a past life, which I’d never been able to shake, from the way I dressed, to my shop, and my dreamy obsession with the past. Maybe she was right. Perhaps that’s why I found the loosening of traditions so heartbreaking. It felt like Parisians were racing to become more and more modern, and with it we were closing a door on our history. Memories would be lost for good as generations left this world, if we didn’t cherish their possessions and their stories that connected past to present.”
― Rebecca Raisin, The Little Antique Shop under the Eiffel Tower

“I’d once had Henry’s wide-eyed wonder as I explored the world, but I’d learned most beautiful things wound barbs around your heart like wicked vines. They would either squeeze the life out of your heart or slash it with the barbs until you bled out.”
― Aimee Nicole Walker, Beautiful Trauma