Dheandra Nicolette

“We had begun to run out of conversation midway through dinner, had started going to bed at different times. More importantly, we had lost the identities that had originally defined us in our relationship. In the beginning, I was the rich businessman who introduced her to expensive wine and charity galas, and she was the bohemian artist who booked trips to Thai beaches, and liked to hang out in dive bars. I knew that we were our own kind of strained cliché, but it worked for us.”
― Peter Swanson, The Kind Worth Killing

“And which is worse—to be despised, or to be ignored?”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Memory clouds often in the most poignant moments. It is as though even Memory knows it must watch what momentous thing is transpiring and forgets to record the details. But then, like clouds parting after a fierce storm, the sun shines through and it seems more clear and vibrant than ever before.”
― Andrea Catalano, The First Witch of Boston

“When a woman caused too much trouble or spoke too plainly, it seemed, there were those who would take umbrage and use piety as excuse and reason to take her in hand.”
― Andrea Catalano, The First Witch of Boston