Rachel Kennedy

“but not before Rory dropped his mouth to my ear. “Hope he was deferential in his hastiness.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“But if you wanted to—I would not blame you. It is easier”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“but I liked dancing with Diviners best. Hands, skirts, bare feet. The thump, thump, thump of my pulse in perfect time with the music. When we twirled in bold turns near the licking flames, I felt wildly astir. And I wondered why. Why didn’t the Omens speak to me like this? In a melody or a spin or the heartbeat of a drum? Not in the spring, in dreams, where I was in pain and afraid, but like this, loose and infinite, when my soul was split open and thrown skyward in delight.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“His teeth were white, straight—except the front bottom three, which were crowded. A pallid row of disorganized soldiers. Were he to bite me, I imagined the indent would be as unique as his fingerprint.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth