Maggie

“I walked up to the bed, realizing Delano had a book open on his lap. “What are you reading?” Two pink splotches formed in his cheeks. “Um, it’s a book Perry found in the ship cabin you and Cas stayed in, actually.” My eyes went wide as they shot back to what lay in his lap. There was only one book that would’ve been on that ship. That godsdamn journal. “Willa has lived quite the interesting life.” Perry grinned weakly from the bed. “Didn’t know how interesting, though.” “You brought that sex book with you on the ship?” Kieran asked from where he now stood by the window. “I did not bring it with me. Casteel brought it.” “Likely story,” Kieran murmured, eyes glimmering with a hint of amusement.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The War of Two Queens

“Luxury is infantilization.”
― Matthew Edward Hall

“They carted me off to a local emergency room, where I sat in a sterile, curtain-lined room for enough hours to fill up nearly an entire day. I was waiting, just racking up my medical bills. Over the span of time I was there, I saw three other women I recognized from the rehab center who had been transferred as well. I wondered how many more there were. We were like pawns being moved around, seemingly based on our ability to pay.”
― Erin French, Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

“A centuries-old song from back when Isora and me weren't friends yet, even though it was our destiny, because if there was one thing I knew it was that me and Isora were made the way things that are born to live and die together are made...”
― Andrea Abreu López, Dogs of Summer: A Novel