Katy

“I hear some rustling on the other end of the line, like he’s moving around. Then he exhales. “I’m sorry you’ve had such a rough time.” “Oh god. Please don’t feel sorry for me. I hate pity more than anything else in the world.” “It’s not pity. It’s empathy.” “I’m not sure they’re so different.” “They are. One is condescending. The other is understanding what someone’s going through because you’ve been there. And you wouldn’t wish that kind of suffering on anyone else. And you wish you could make it better.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Ruthless Creatures

“You are the most important person in my life. You consume me. You are beyond a priority at this point. You’re…fuck, you’re everything. Robyn, I don’t know if I deserve you…but I can promise you, no man will ever try harder than me to be worthy of you.”
― Samantha Young, Here With Me

“Not that I have to explain myself, but I’m single because I want to be single. … I don’t need you to think a certain way about me. In fact, you’ve made it pretty clear how little you think of me. I don’t care.” She shook her head, her fierceness electrifying the air between them. “I am epic, and if a guy plays his cards right, I know how to make him feel like a goddamn king.”
― Samantha Young, Here With Me

“Tell me,” he whispered, his voice sliding like silk over my flushed skin. “What?” My own voice came out breathless. “I am your favorite sin.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed