“I’m afraid I’ll never leave a mark on anybody.”

she couldn’t rid herself of a lifelong fear that it was too good to be true.

“Hasn’t anyone ever been worried about you just because?”

With practice, you’ll lose your fear and gain the confidence you need.”

She hadn’t understood how exhausting and heartbreaking it had been to hide such a big part of herself all these years, to reshape and contort herself into something more acceptable. She hadn’t realised just how heavy her mask had been until she’d discovered what it was to live without it.

It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It’s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you’ll fly rather than fall.

to be a witch is to be exploited when it’s convenient and turned against when it isn’t.

is that when someone leaves, all you can do is leave a window open for them so that one day, if they choose, they can come back.”

She couldn’t fathom what it must be like to be so loved and to be so sure of that love that you would fight tooth and nail to protect it, but she was incredibly glad that these girls had that.