Chere Pro

“لقد أحكمت أمي سيطرتها علي من خلال توجيهاتها حتى وهي ترفض أن تراني. وتحكمت زوجات أعمامي بي من خلاا دروسهن. وكانت حماتي ستتحكم بي بعد الزواج . وهكذا ,تتحكم بي كل أولئك النساء معا من لحظة ولادتي إلى موتي في كل دقيقة من حياتي.”
― Lisa See, موعد مع القدر : زهرة الفاوانيا العاشقة

“Ew.'
'Yeah,' Claire said. 'I need a shower.'
'I don't think a shower's going to cut it. Maybe fire hoses, and those brushes they use on elephants.' Eve stepped back and offered Shane a hand up as he finally got untangled.
'Speaking of elephants, you sounded like a herd of something coming down the stairs,' he said. 'What the hell are your shoes made of? Hooves?”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town

“The first time I saw you, when you stepped into that Skiz ring against Kaede, I thought you were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. I could've watched you forever. The first time I kiss you..." That memory overpowers me now, taking me by surprise. I remember every last detail of it, almost enough to push away the lingering images of the Elector pulling June to him. "Well, that might as well have been my first kiss ever.”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing.”
― Kim Harrison, For a Few Demons More