AT Demeter

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Since the time he’d been born, he’d been set on a course into darkness. In various fleeting moments, he’d glimpsed the occasional flicker of light and hope. Those moments, however, had been too brief to dispel the shadows. Only now did he see a new path before him, bright with a constant, unwavering glow - a path of love.”
― Shirley Yoshinaka, Deception: A Phantom Of The Opera Novel: A Phantom of the Opera Novel

“Erik was certain of one thing: the devastation of losing Christine had nearly driven him insane with rage and despair; to lose Melodie would be a sentence to death, for the next time insanity lured him to the edge, there would be no one to stop him from tumbling into the abyss.”
― Shirley Yoshinaka, Deception: A Phantom Of The Opera Novel: A Phantom of the Opera Novel

“Each morning, Erik held his breath until he was sure she hadn’t fled during the night. The fact that she remained after seeing his face and looking into his past was miraculous to him.
I’m not going anywhere.
After hearing those words, Erik had wanted to kiss her hands, her feet, every inch of her. Instead, he’d wept, clinging to her like a distraught child. In her arms, a sweet calmness had washed over him. It was a feeling he’d never experienced before, and one he hadn’t been able to name until days later.
Peace”
― Shirley Yoshinaka, Deception: A Phantom Of The Opera Novel: A Phantom of the Opera Novel