Gabriela

“It’s always about looks. You either don’t look sick enough for anyone to believe you, or you look so sick people feel the need to point it out.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“Because he may not do labels, but I do. Like stepbrother.
And stepmother.
And fatal.
Fatal attraction.
Fatal affection.
Fatal disease.
He thinks he’ll ruin me, but he has no idea what unstoppable forces are in my arsenal. I’m my own weapon, a nightmare that lives in reality. It isn’t something I can control, and he has no idea.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“People like him will never be as strong as people like us.
They get a choice in how to feel, live, and think. We never will.
We’re forced to fight.
And sometimes... we don’t want to.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“Sleeping with my stepsister?” he replies, unblinking. “Probably. Sleeping with Emery Matterson? A fighter? Someone who’s strong and resilient and doesn’t give in to my bullshit? No. I don’t think that’s stupid at all.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree