Alise

“The male offered a mock growl "You're not the boss of me."
"I beg to differ." Head high, she dug a crumpled piece of paper from the pocket of her jeans. "I'm redeeming one of my coupons. The right to - what? Boss you around for twenty-four consecutive hours."
William hunched his shoulders and heaved a defeated sight. "Give her a coupon book, they said. It's fun and creative, they said.”
― Gena Showalter, The Darkest Warrior

“People have been stockpiling necessities such as toilet paper, bread, water, and junk food.
I never understood the whole bread thing, because no one ever seems to purchase anything to go with the bread. Peanut butter is still stocked, as jelly. What do these people do with their bread in the event of an emergency? Huddle down beside their piles of toilet paper and eat plain slices of bread until help arrives?”
― Kristen Callihan, Fall

“I simply don’t really care what I’m doing as long as I get to live life, be happy, and enjoy new things.”
― Kristen Callihan, Managed

“I may own every breath in your body, but make no mistake, Adeline, you own mine, too. I am yours to command. To bend and break. To mold and manipulate. Do you think that makes me weak? Or do you think I'm strong enough to admit that even though my body can physically live on without you, I would never get my fucking soul back?”
― H.D. Carlton, Hunting Adeline