Larissa

“Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“I’ll give you my heart to make a place for it to happen, evidence of a love that transcends hunger. Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there? The splash of my tongue melting you like a sugar cube?”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“I had painted his history in bright, bold colours and he had fallen in love with my art. And now it was too late to go back and change it.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe