Amanda

“You were the one who changed us when you left me in the tree house; and you keep thinking that if you push hard enough, you can make everything go back to before that moment. It doesn't work that way. Give me a chance to choose you.”
― Kiera Cass, The Elite

“The first time you’ve been tied up?”

He hesitated.

She gasped. "Captain Ja— ”

“In this manner,” he said quickly. And with great volume and emphasis, as if he needed to cut off her query about as much as he needed, for example, air.

Her eyes narrowed. “What does that mean?”

“Don’t ask that question.”
― Julia Quinn, The Other Miss Bridgerton

“But anyone can write, right?'" Conner asked. "I mean, that's why authors get judged so harshly, isn't it? Because technically everyone could do it if they wanted to."
"Just because anyone can do something doesn't mean everyone should," Mrs. Peters said. "Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days.”
― Chris Colfer, The Enchantress Returns

“The geography of the thing wasn’t the point; it didn’t matter where they were: there was still too much space between them.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, This Is What Happy Looks Like