astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters)

“He'd never forget the moment James's eyes had met his—the sensation of coming home, as though they knew each other.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“Pete’s eyes followed not the vehicle as it trundled forward but instead the varied and complicated horizon of the desert. The very last of the sun played over it and every stalk of grass dripped with honeyed light. His back ached and his arms were pebbled with goose bumps, but as he savored the view and sucked in big, juniper-scented breaths, he was still besotted.
The desert, which was not given to sympathy or sentiment, was nonetheless moved, and for the first time in a long time, it loved someone back.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, All the Crooked Saints

“You can choose to be happy with what life gives you...or spend your life miserable. I choose happiness. It's really that simple.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, At the Edge of the Universe

“I'm bisexual. Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo