eugenia

“To be reminded of everything I had already lost while looking into the eyes of everything I had left to lose.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“{And why would I want you?} Because you wish to be loved, and I have loved many monsters.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“After the deaths of my family, I lost years to drugs, wine, and aimless wandering. A slower kind of suicide, perhaps. And when I finally clawed my way out of that self-destruction, I built a cottage too far away from the world to be bothered. I planted hundreds upon hundreds of flowers and told myself they were all the company I needed. Better than people anyway, I’d mutter to myself. Simpler to care for. More predictable. And much prettier.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“I find myself curious, do you think about her the way she thinks about you?”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds