Casey Cassidy

“My parabatai, she thought, looking at Jules, standing with his back straight and his head back, the only seventeen-year-old boy in the world who could make the King of the Dark Court doubt himself.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“Like a gale smiting an oak
On mountainous terrain,
Eros, with a stroke,
Shattered my brain.”
― Sappho, Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

“He's not afraid of anything he feels. He's not afraid of saying it. He's only afraid of what happens when he does.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Magic. It’s a cheap word now. Put a quarter in the slot and get a magic trick for you and your friends. Most people don’t remember what it is. It is not cutting a person in half and pulling a rabbit out. It is not sliding a card from your sleeve. It’s not are you watching closely?

If you’ve ever looked into a fire and been unable to look away, it’s that. If you’ve ever looked at the mountains and found you’re not breathing, it’s that. If you’ve ever looked at the moon and felt tears in your eyes, it’s that.

It’s the stuff between stars, the space between roots, the thing that makes electricity get up in the morning.

It fucking hates us.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk