Scar

“Giving your heart to someone is like learning to ride a bike. You’ll skin your elbows and knees, but the pain will pass. You’ll heal. And one day, the scars will be a memory, not of falling, but of getting up again.”
― Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

“Insisting that women are naturally more agreeable is like offering a rat a spoonful of cod liver oil and a spoonful of peanut butter, delivering ering electric shocks every time the rat touches the peanut butter, and then concluding that rats have a natural taste for cod.”
― Jessica Nordell, The End of Bias: A Beginning

“Did you sleep?" she asked.
"Of course not. Someday we'll see an end to war, and then you and I will take a nap together."
"Is that your idea of seduction?"
"These days? Yes."
"I'll be honest- it's incredibly compelling.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“I'm sorry we don't visit more often. There's a war on and, well, no one likes you."
The Darkling touched a hand to his chest. "You wound me."
"All in good time," said Zoya.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves