Lane

“It is my belief that books are living things.... And as living things, they need to be protected.”
― Holly Black

“Please. Let me get this out while I still have the courage to say it.” The troubled crease deepened between his brows. “My life’s complicated, Lia. There are so many things I can’t explain to you. Things you wouldn’t even want to know. But there’s one thing you could never call me.” He set the bottle and basket down on a patch of grass. “The one thing you can never call me is repulsed by you.” I swallowed. He closed what gap was left between us, and I had to lift my chin to see him. He looked down at me. “Because ever since that first day I met you, I’ve gone to sleep every single night thinking about you, and every morning when I wake, my first thoughts are of you.” He stepped impossibly closer and lifted his hands, cupping my face, his touch so gentle it was barely there. “When I’m not with you, I wonder where you are. I wonder what you’re doing. I think about how much I want to touch you. I want to feel your skin, your hair, run every dark strand through my fingers. I want to hold you, your hands, your chin.” His face drew nearer, and I felt his breath on my skin. “I want to pull you close and never let you go,” he whispered. We”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Kiss of Deception

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway'

'I'll love you until my very last breath. Every beat of my heart is yours. I don't want to die without you knowing that”
― Kiera Cass