Flame and Sparrow (Flame and Sparrow Duology Book 1)

by S.M. Gaither

“Sometimes admitting we’re lost is the first step to finding the way, isn’t it?” said the red-haired woman.

“I feel…” he replied, slowly, “as though someone should have taught you not to play with fire.”

when I tell you that I could set fire to every inhibition you possess, and when we are finished it will only be you and I among the ashes. I will be the only thing you can think of, and it will not be disdain that you feel toward me, I can promise you that.”

What the hell was I supposed to do to calm it down? Sing it a fucking lullaby?

“Sometimes we hold on to painful things, I think, because letting them go feels like letting go of the person who gave them to us.”