Yvonne

“You were the one who wanted to save the world,” he said, quietly. “I just wanted to save you.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods

“Sometimes there was nothing to do but put one foot in front of another.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“Home. The word caught and settled, deep in my chest. But home wasn’t Korvius, or the Towers, or even a cottage in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by flowers. Home was a pair of mismatched eyes, an accented voice, and a heartbeat that followed the same cadence as mine. And I was so, so homesick.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods

“Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People