Staring at him the way she might stare at a beloved place she was not …

Cassandra Clare
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Staring at him the way she might stare at a beloved place she was not sure she would ever see again, trying to commit the details to memory, to paint them on the backs of her eyelids that she might see it when she shut her eyes to sleep. ✨ Cassandra Clare (2013). Clockwork Prince, p.467, Simon and Schuster
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