Ash

“Do you ever wonder why women focus so much on me?” “Maybe because you resemble a lost, rabid dog,” the dark-haired one suggested in perfect seriousness.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“...in this moment, we are two souls, marooned beneath the moon, hungry and alone, adrift in the current of what we do not understand. We hunt the flame, the light in the darkness, the good this world deserves... You remind me that hope is not lost.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“If only you knew what it was like to feel the weight of your gaze,” he said, half to himself.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Will there ever come a time when you won't see me as a monster?' he asked suddenly.
She stopped at the softness of his tone, so unlike the unfeeling prince she had come to know. Some part of her wanted to reach for him, to smooth away the unhappiness creasing his face, to touch the scars that made him him.
'Monsters cannot become men,' she whispered instead, and the darkness hummed its agreement.
He exhaled through parted lips, and his unhappiness only increased. 'Of course. That was selfish of me.'
That does not mean I cannot love a monster.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame