Sofie

“Watching you pretend to hate the nickname is the best part of my day.”
― Sally Thorne, The Hating Game

“He changed us both." She seemed to struggle for words. "I think of you, all that you lost, who you were, what you were forced to be, and might have been, and I—I have become this, this person, unable to—"

She shut her mouth.

"Kestrel," he said softly, "I love this person.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“I love you," he said simply."The way you are with Anette. Your warmth. Your stubborness. Your kindness. Your passion. Your hair... Especially your hair. Your willingness to make a public spectacle of yourself. For how brave you are. I love you, Evie Summers.”
― Rachel Winters, Would Like to Meet

“Rachel and I take seats and I hand the Walcott to Frederick. From the way he holds it this time, I’m almost certain it’s his, but he tells us, sadly, that it’s not. Even when the shop’s gone, I’ll keep looking, I tell him. He thanks me, and accepts the offer.

‘I think perhaps,’ he says, ‘it’s the looking that keeps her alive.”
― Cath Crowley