E Melendez

“Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.”
― Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

“Tana. In all my long life, though there were many times I prayed for it, no one has ever saved me. No one but you.”
― Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

“Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.”
― Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

“It was with a shock that he felt the touch of Laurent's fingers against the back of his wrist. [...] Laurent was shifting the fabric of his sleeve, sliding it back slightly to reveal the gold underneath, until the wrist cuff he had asked the blacksmith to leave on was exposed between them.
'Sentiment?' said Laurent.
'Something like that.'
Their eyes met and he could feel each beat of his heart. A few seconds of silence, a space that lengthened, until Laurent spoke.
'You should give me the other.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince