But wishes were empty thoughts, cast down a dark hole. They didn't come true unless you worked for them. I'd learned that about the world, if nothing more.

He would bear scars because of me, as I carried them for him.

You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around to catch you.

Sometimes I miss the old me.

Each time Stalker called you 'dove', I wanted to hit him. Because you're not a little gray bird... you're all the light in the world.

. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.

A huntress never stabbed anything she didn't want to.