Jesse Schear

“When you love yourself more, other people can do the same”
― Daniel Mangena

“She was beautiful一not a word anyone usually used to describe an eleven-year-old girl. "Cute" was more common, or "pretty". "Beautiful" dug deeper than a girl that age could normally stand up to. But Dee was beautiful.”
― Tracy Chevalier, New Boy

“Aspasia had herself fallen into very good fortune. So good that at the age of twenty years, she’d probably used up the whole life’s portion of good luck that Tyche had allotted her. To make good fortune last—for herself and the child in her womb—would be up to her.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“The horse’s ears twitched as she spoke.
“I hope you’ll forgive any of my rookie mistakes. You see, I’ve become both a novice rancher and a fake widow today.” She tilted her head, loosening the tense muscles in her neck. “How many people can say that, huh?”
― Cricket Rohman, Colorado Takedown