Emilie

“I gave her my heart, Tam thought, miserably, and she gave me a knife.”
― Nicholas Eames, Bloody Rose

“Matty looked dubious. “What does a trash imp need boots for?” “He ate them,” said Moog.”
― Nicholas Eames, Kings of the Wyld

“A ringing, scooped-out sensation starts behind his molars and rolls down his throat, into his chest, down to the pit of his stomach. Something’s wrong, and he knows it, but he’s too afraid to push back or ask. That, he realizes suddenly, is the danger of allowing love into this—the acknowledgment that if something goes wrong, he doesn’t know how he will stand it.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“One of the strange things about humans is how they become calm when someone else is struggling worse than they are.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 6