Shadon

“How can I give another part of myself to someone else, when I already have so little to give?”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“This is what love does. In the stories, love healed your wounds, fixed what was broken, allowed you to go on. But love wasn’t a spell, some kind of benediction to be whispered, a balm or a cure-all. It was a single, fragile thread, which grew stronger through connection, through shared hardship and trust.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Love was the destroyer. It made mourners, widows, left misery in its wake. Grief and love were one and the same. Grief was the shadow love left when it was gone.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Our lives slid together like tectonic plates, ever so infinitesimally, until we couldn't picture them apart.”
― Thao Thai, Banyan Moon