Cátia

“You’re beautiful,” I say, and the honesty of my words stings. “You’re beautiful inside and out. I like how you challenge me. I like how I can never figure out what you’re going to do or say. I like how we’ve thrown weird shit in your direction and you take it like a pro.”
I cup her face with one hand and caress her soft skin. “I like how you smile and how you laugh. I like how you love and defend your family and I like how you’re trying to love mine. I love how you trust. But mostly, Emily, I like how I feel when I’m around you.”
Shit. My heart bursts as the words tumble out. “I’m falling for you.”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here

“Of course. There is nothing more dangerous than a woman who owns who she is and apologizes to no one.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero