Sierra McGee

“Are you afraid of dying? Holland had asked him in the alley. And Kell was. Had always been, ever since he could remember. He feared not living, feared ceasing to exist. Lila's world may believe in Heaven and Hell, but his believed in dust. He was taught early that magic reclaiemd magic, and earth reclaimed earth, the two dividing when the body died, the person they had combined to be simply forfeit, lost. Nothing lated. Nothing remained.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Magic was a truly beautiful disease.”
― V. E. Schwab

“New tastes are like new ideas, young man—the older you get, the more difficult they are for you to stomach.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn Trilogy

“Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.”
― Jenny Han, We'll Always Have Summer