A Court of Hearts and Hunger (Wicked Darlings, #2)

by Rebecca F. Kenney

Maybe love is simply reminding someone how wonderful they are, how strong they are. Showing them the shining potential you can see. Lifting them up to be the best of themselves.

Curiosity is the dagger on which we impale ourselves.

Or maybe I’m just very, very curious. Strange how similar those two states of mind can appear. Ignorance can make a person foolish, or desperately eager, or both.”

“Danger is what makes beauty worth having, precious.”

Perhaps that’s what love is—the gradual disappearance of the walls between two souls.

“Parents give us our existence,” I say quietly. “But they can also ruin us before we’ve even begun to live.”