Mercy and Starlight Quotes

“All I want, now more than ever, is to feel the pressure of his lips against mine. His words — so beautiful, so beyond lifetimes — I want my mouth on the very one that speaks them. So I too may be a beautiful thing in his wake.”
― Bridgette Valentine, Mercy and Starlight

“When I kiss you, Mercy, I want it to be the last first kiss you ever have," he whispers.”
― Bridgette Valentine, Mercy and Starlight

“How could I not love you? The man made of crystalline cicada wings that remind me of home?” I ask, taking his hand away from my cheek and pressing my lips to it.
He exhales and closes his eyes as he leans into the affection. He unwinds his other hand from my hair and rests them both against the small of my back as if we’re dancing on the ballroom floor once more.
“The man so beautiful that even his scars are golden?His tears silver?” I kiss the scar on his cheekbone, tiptoeing as I do. I take a step forward, he follows my lead.
“The man so kind that even his skin reminds me of stained glass cathedral windows?” I kiss the jawline of his slightly silver-stained, iridescent skin.
He’s pressed against the wooden bedpost like a flower into a diary entry.”
― Bridgette Valentine, Mercy and Starlight

“He’s pressed against the wooden bedpost like a flower into a diary entry.”
― Bridgette Valentine, Mercy and Starlight

“I have not known peace since the moment I met you, Mercy,” he says, shaking his head. “Not a single moment. Yet I feel so rested when you’re near.”
― Bridgette Valentine, Mercy and Starlight

“You are so loved, Mercy. You don’t even realize the severity of it,” Evander whispers through grit teeth.
He bunches the velvet tighter in his fists before continuing, “How deeply you make me feel. The forest you’ve created here from your heart of hearts doesn’t dare compare its roots to mine.”
― Bridgette Valentine, Mercy and Starlight

“I rest in the hollow of his clavicle, burrowing in like a nesting dove.”
― Bridgette Valentine, Mercy and Starlight