Shemika Neiling

“She was almost touching him, now. Looking up into his eyes. What she could feel in him was something she's only felt before when she gave him her life energy. Childlike, marveling joy. Trust and vulnerability. And such love…
Then she was in his arms and they weren't separate beings any longer. Their minds were together, sharing thoughts, sharing a happiness beyond thought. Sharing everything.”
― L.J. Smith, Dark Visions

“Why are you smiling?'
'I'm relieved,' I said honestly. 'I was worried I'd given myself cadmium poisoning, or I had some mysterious disease. This is just someone trying to kill me.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“He is fragile, like a prince of ice, of glass.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Lady of the Rivers

“What doesn't kill me had better fucking run”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn