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“True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“Reading is not a hobby," she said. "It is a way of life.”
― India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason

“That’s the thing about women. There’s no good way to be one. Wear your emotions on your sleeve and you’re hysterical. Keep them tucked away where your boyfriend doesn’t have to tend to them and you’re a heartless bitch.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Elsie, it’s the bare minimum. The bar’s so low, you could pick it up and beat him with it.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically

“I’m usually comfortable with silences—have to be, since I never really know how to break them—”
― Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

“It's not like in the movies. It's better, because it's real.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“I want to feel something when I connect with someone. I want sparks. The good kind, you know? I want to laugh and mean it. I want goose bumps. I want to wonder what my date is thinking about and hope it might be me. I want…I want the magic.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“I like that. Thinking that I’m worth paying attention to. Something ordinary made extraordinary by the person you’re sharing it with.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“But what’s wrong with being a romantic? I can be a confident, independent woman and still want someone to hold my hand. To ask about my day. It’s a good thing to want pas-sion and excitement and care. Attention and affection. I don’t want to settle for anything less than that.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“I think books are sexy,” she says very seriously. “No one at school has quite lived up to Aragorn yet.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“For the hopeless romantics. And the reluctant ones too.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“Nah, Lucie.” In my dream, he brushes a kiss against my forehead. “I think you’re the magic.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
― Franz Kafka

“What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered.
“If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.” The weapons still in her grasp, she shoved against his chest.
“No.” His hands dropped to her waist. “Destroy me.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Some things exist in our lives for but a brief moment. And we must let them go on to light another sky.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“You have a beautiful laugh. Like the promise of tomorrow.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“We women are a sad lot, aren't we?"
"What do you mean?"
"Strong enough to take on the world with our bare hands, yet we permit ridiculous boys to make fools of us."
"I am not a fool."
"No, you're not. Not yet.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“So you would have me throw Shazi to the wolves?”
“Shazi?” Jalal’s grin widened. “Honestly, I pity the wolves.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Love is a force unto itself, sayyidi. For love, people consider the unthinkable...and often achieve the impossible. I would not sneer at its power.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Love is—a shade of what I feel.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Get up, Shahrzad al-Khayzuran. You kneel before no one. Least of all me.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“There is no one I would rather see the sunrise with than you.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“You honestly expect me to breathe in a world without air?”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“My soul sees its equal in you.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Shazi,

I prefer the color blue to any other. The scent of lilacs in your hair is a source of constant torment. I despise figs. Lastly, I will never forget, all the days of my life, the memories of last night—
For nothing, not the sun, not the rain, not even the brightest star in the darkest sky, could begin to compare to the wonder of you.

Khalid.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“I love you, a thousand times over. And I will never apologize for it.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Jsou jen dva způsoby, jak se stát nesmrtelným – buď se narodíš jako bůh, anebo se staneš příšerou. My jsme to druhé.”
― Vladimira Sebova, Dcéra zimy

“Smrt neprosí. Smrt káže. Smrti nikdo neřekne do tváře Ne. Příkazy Smrti nikdo neodmítne.”
― Vladimira Sebova, Dcéra zimy

“Here's the thing about writing Happily Ever Afters: it helps if you believe in them.”
― Emily Henry, Beach Read

“I did what any reasonable adult woman would do when confronted with her college rival turned next-door neighbor. I dove behind the nearest bookshelf.”
― Emily Henry, Beach Read