Mandi

“We crashed together into beautiful damnation.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

“I’ll tell you what you’ll have if you lose the sun, Mische. You’ll have a soul gentler than any vampire’s I’ve ever known. You’ll have an incredible magic and the skill to wield it better than the bastard who gave it to you. You’ll have a soft heart and a sharp wit and the wisdom to know when to use one or the other. You’ll have countless inane questions and horrible taste in food and a penchant for making lost souls love you.” I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t speak. He leaned closer until his forehead touched mine. “And if you’ll take it, Mische Iliae, you will have me, too.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

“Is that what you think of yourself? That everything good about you came from a fucking church? Atroxus didn’t make you special by choosing you. He chose you because you already were, and even when you were eight Mother-damned years old, he knew that. You owe him nothing. Nothing.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

“She looked at him like he was a question answered. He looked at her like she was the only one worth asking.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone