Symphony for a Deadly Throne (Mousai, #3)

by E.J. Mellow

The man who softened her mind but blazed her body. Who made her feel. Everything.

That is like asking the sea to not yearn toward the shore with its waves. I will forever be reaching for you, Arabessa, but the question I keep asking is whether you will ever reach back.”

I yearn to love you with everything that burns inside my heart instead of only what I can manage to hold in one hand. My other is always too busy carrying every other burden.

how painful it was to grow. To move forward into something new. How hard it could be to carve one’s own path and who might have to be left behind in the process.

I would rather suffer the fate of my own mind than from the decisions of another.

Perfection is a made-up construct. It is much like time: it cannot be held, and only fools would waste sands falling in an attempt to try.”

“The memories of us are forever a part of my soul. They are the only thoughts that have kept my heart beating these past weeks. I could never forget a single moment with you,

Tomorrow is tomorrow, but tonight, let go. I am here to catch you. I will always catch you.”