Aisha

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“He looks in my eyes in a pitying sort of way. “It’s such a shame,” he says, “that we couldn’t have met under different circumstances. You deserve to be worshipped. I would have adored you, Lilly, if you were anyone else.” He slides the knife against my skin, back and forth over my cheek like a shaving blade. “But, alas. You know how it is. Sometimes, life gets in the way.”
― Scarlett Edwards, Resistance

“Her actions remind me that, even under unbearable circumstances, one can still believe in justice. And above all, love.”
― Ji-li Jiang, Red Scarf Girl

“You own your own island?

Doesn't every Greek tycoon?”
― Lynne Graham