Lacuna Quotes

“Mikas had always envisioned them together, traveling together, taking on the world together, even when the world pushed them down, they’d be there to help each other up. His relationship with Blue had once seemed eternal, Blue a soothing constant in his life. Seeing Blue here, holding the Mechi’s hand, left a bitter taste in his mouth”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“Maybe you’re right,” Loki said, his words tentative, “maybe I don’t understand death in the way that humans do,” he caught Blue’s hand in his own, “but I dream of things that tell me… it isn’t the end.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“The sky was gray, always a dismal gray that lightened and darkened as the day wore on. He had never known anything else.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“He knew he shouldn't have expected Blue to come home with him after what they'd been through earlier, but it had seemed only natural that Blue would want to stay with Mikas, as he had done most nights in recent memory, even when he'd had a warm apartment to go home to.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“This was too much for the three of them to handle, but he wasn't going to give in so easily. He thought of Blue and of Cade, waiting for him somewhere, counting on him to make his way back to them in one piece.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“Hey, don't worry. I'll see you in a few days. Wait for me?” Mikas tugged on his sleeve again playfully, trying his best to pull Blue from his sulking mood. Blue shook his head. He was weary. Weary of feeling helpless as he watched Mikas deal his life away for so little; money, protection, status. Weary of waiting patiently for Mikas to come back to him or to even notice that he'd been waiting for him for years now.              “Of course. That's all I ever do,”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“They all knew his reputation, the one where he gave out favors for the right price, and the one where he'd stuck a knife in the last guy that had tried to handle him without his consent.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“He closed his eye when Mira ran a thumb lightly across his chin and crimson lips, flinching back a little as she put her face close to his and kissed him softly on the mouth. When she pulled back she was smiling somewhat triumphantly, and her fingers pushed his face away in disgust. “I always wondered if he'd ever kissed you,” Mira muttered thoughtfully, “but you taste just like all the other whores around here. Cheap and used.  He told me he doesn't enjoy that sort of thing.” “Which is why he won't fuck you,” Blue retorted without thinking.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“Humans were funny that way, captivated by violence and terror.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“Mikas had told him once that the place had been hit during the bombing of the city years earlier, that the residents had been herded out of the building and into transports like cattle, never to return. Their things had been left strewn about and forgotten, a derelict snapshot of the lives they had left behind.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna

“He had nothing of his father in him and perhaps when he looked into the mirror, touching his face, wishing his features didn't somewhat resemble what his father hated most, he imagined he would be loved if he were the same as the people around him.”
― A.M. Daily, Lacuna