Ashley

“I lied,” he said, and it was another wall—so laboriously constructed—being demolished. He sprinkled kisses on her brow, her cheeks, and the tip of her nose. Feather-light kisses, filled with a tender reverence that made her soul sing. “You’re always beautiful. Even when you want to string my guts up like paper lanterns”
― Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars

“Nobody, at the beginning, believes they will debase themselves for love. Nobody believes in anything else but joy.”
― Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

“I never knew, Alaric thought, kissing her harder, holding her tighter. I never knew that it could feel like this.”
― Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars

“Stories had their lies but also their truths. Stories were how we taught ourselves to fear the things we secretly desired.
Dark forests. Beautiful monsters. Broken hearts.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black