Lauren

“Ice queens didn't break, after all. They melted. And Marco didn't have enough warmth for that.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen

“She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Willa said happiness means taking risks. And if you're not a little scared, you're not doing it right."

That made him laugh, "If that's the case, we have nothing to worry about," he said, leaning forward to kiss her. "Let's be terrified together again.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Peach Keeper

“The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn, vain, and, above all inconstant.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones