Charlene

“Love provokes the hero as violently as it does the villain, and it's merely who tells the story that determines which is which.”
― Shannon J. Spann, A Stage Set for Villains

“I don’t need peace,” she said softly. “I want war.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate

“I will say this once, angel, for I feel you should be warned. No man alive has ever loved a woman the way that I love you, and I would rather die, damned as I am, than disgrace us both with the pitiful, unrequited performance of my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate

“I'd know you with any face and by any name, Riven. His golden eyes meet mine, and his words wrap around me like a familiar blanket. "Any voice no matter how cutting. Through any gaze no matter how loathing. I would know your touch through a closed curtain and the sound of your step when the last spotlight has gone out. I have known you at the beginning of each performance, and I will bow with you at the brink of every finale.”
― Shannon J. Spann, A Stage Set for Villains