shivani june

“Those who don’t play chess think the king is the strongest piece, because the game ends when he dies, but they don’t stop to think that if the queen dies first, the king doesn’t have a chance to survive.”
― Rina Kent, Cruel King

“She’s not supposed to be my calm. And yet, when her head falls on my back and her warmth mingles with mine, I realise she’s the only calm I’ve ever had in my life. Even books don’t compare — and that says something.”
― Rina Kent, Ruthless Empire

“Instead, I take time to look around her room, the walls covered in manga pages like some edgy teenager. I move closer and study the names at the top of each, committing them to memory so that I can search what she likes to read.”
― Rina Kent, God of Wrath

“She always smelled like books and strawberries. Like you were out reading in the middle of a field under the summer sun.”
― Maya Hughes, Shameless King