“Fear and bravery are often one and the same. It either makes you a warrior or a coward. The only difference is the person it resides inside.”
—Jennifer L. Armentrout, #FromBloodAndAsh
“If Roma were ever again to run a tender finger down her spine, it would be to count her vertebrae and gauge where he could stab his knife in.”
—Chloe Gong, #TheseViolentDelights
“I would have come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together—knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.”
—Leigh Bardugo, #CrookedKingdom#SoC
“He watches her the way Harshaw watches fire. Like he’ll never have enough of her. Like he’s trying to capture what he can before she’s gone.”
—Leigh Bardugo, #RuinAndRising
“Sometimes an unexpected wave comes along, sucks you up and refuses to spit you back out. Ryle is my unexpected tidal wave, and right now I’m skimming the beautiful surface.”
—Colleen Hoover, #ItEndsWithUs