Phillipos Kalafatis

“If she loved something, even for a minute, like the fish noodles at the market stall or the teacher who'd smiled at her last week, she held on to that love with tooth and claw. Most threads frayed over time and distance, but never Io's. Her love was evergreen.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind

“You know, one day you'll need to grow the hell up and let other people decide for themselves if they like you or not.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind

“I do not sleep because I am not only afraid of the monsters at my door, but also of the monsters my own mind can conjure. The ones that live within.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree