Ivy

“I was being designed to be two opposing things, a complicated image that was hard to dissect but easy to grab on to. I was supposed to be both naive and erotic. It was as if I was too wholesome to understand the unwholesome thoughts you were having about me. It was bullshit, of course. But it was an easy act to put on.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues. All that remains is vengeance.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“A small victory, Catelyn thought when the fighting had ended and the surviving foemen had melted back into the night, yet a victory nonetheless.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“Hawke wasn’t the catalyst. He was the reward.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash