Amélie

“Shattering hearts … it’s fitting.”
“They’re not shattering hearts, they’re kaleidoscope hearts,” I correct him.”
“What’s the different? You make them with broken pieces.”
… “The difference is that it’s already broken, but I use the pieces to rebuilt it. The difference is that the heart has a second chance, and maybe it’ll get broken again, but it’s already shattered, so maybe the fall won’t be as bad.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“She looks happy to me when she’s beside you.”

I laugh bitterly. “She looked real happy when she left.”

“She looked hurt. Hurt means she cares. It’s indifference that should scare you. The same look foster parents give you when you come and go.”
― Katie McGarry, Breaking the Rules

“Everyone fears him in their own way. And fear grows in the dirt of that town, soak the air, are engrained into the minds of every single person who resides there. That’s how a place like that exists. Without fear, the society would crumble.”
― Jessica Sorensen, Untamed

“I love you.” So much that sometimes it hurts.
Noah tilts his head down, and his nose skims against mine. “You’re my whole world, Echo.”
― Katie McGarry, Breaking the Rules