Janey

“I thought you seemed like someone who might enjoy backgammon," said the kid, gravely mistaken.”
― Michael Chabon, Manhood for Amateurs

“Tatiana hooked an IV to Alexander's vein herself and fed him morphine and fed him plasma. And when that wasn't enough, she gave Alexander her blood. And when that wasn't enough, and it looked as if nothing was going to be enough, she trickled blood from her arteries into his veins.
Drop by drop.
And as she sat by him, she whispered. All I want is for my spirit to be heard through your pain. I sit here with you, pouring my love into you, drop by drop, hoping you'll hear me, hoping you'll lift your head to me and smile again.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

“If you get killed,” she argued with a mix of despair and anger, “it’s not just you who’ll pay the price. I’ll have to pay, too, you know, for the rest of my life. Doesn’t that matter to you?”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air

“I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander