His Secret Illuminations Quotes

“Because in that whole place, you were the only one who looked at me like I was a person and not a nuisance. Because when I looked at you I could see adventure hiding behind your eyes. Because you gave me a tomato, even when you shouldn’t have.”
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“I did it because you were so kind and caged, and I wanted to see you kind and free.”
― Scarlett Gale, His Secret Illuminations

“Mmm, not prefer, as such, I'm not a dedicated seeker of flowers. I'm attracted to women and I'm attracted to men and sometimes I'm attracted to people who aren't either. I don't care as much about what a person is, I care about who they are.”
― Scarlett Gale, His Secret Illuminations

“You have good instincts,” Glory tells him as she helps him back to his feet. “You really came at me with some power behind that. Well done.”
“Yeah, well, the supply room got really hairy sometimes,” Lucían says, deadpan, as he massages his wrist. “It was every monk for himself when the vellum was running low.”
― Scarlett Gale, His Secret Illuminations

“He wants that, wants her to override his anxieties, wants to give himself to her, but more than that he wants her to take what she wants.”
― Scarlett Gale, His Secret Illuminations

“Because in that whole place, you were the only one who looked at me like I was a person and not a nuisance. Because when I looked at you I could see adventure hiding behind your eyes. Because you gave me a tomato, even when you shouldn’t have.”
― Scarlett Gale, His Secret Illuminations