Ayee C.

“Molly steeled herself. She knew what he was seeing: her somewhat lopsided breasts, the stretch marks at her hips, the hair she tidied up with a razor in the shower when she thought of it and not often, the swelling at her ankles that had become semipermanent now that she spent most of her day on her feet.

He saw all of it and loved it all. And when the shadows disappeared, he wore nothing but the look of a man who knows firsthand what a miracle is.”
― Maria Vale, Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death

“A dragon without its rider is a tragedy.
A rider without their dragon is dead.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“— I don’t want to pretend to be anyone, not any more."
"— So who is The Black Flamingo?"
"— He is me, who I have been, who I am, who I hope to become. Someone fabulous, wild and strong. With or without a costume on.”
― Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

“A chill creeps up from the base of my spine. “I feel like we’ve done this before,” I tell him.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Parallel Series: Includes Books 1-4