Shrimayee

“Darcy should've wanted as far away from her as earthy possible and yet her laugh was infectious and made something warm bloom inside Darcy's chest like stubborn wildflowers poking up through cracks in the pavement, growing where they didn't belongs.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars

“If the Fates control our future, I don’t understand to what end. Here in Auveny, the belief is that the Fates judge us. That if we are generous, honest, not too chatty, placable, forgiving, they might twist our threads so we find love and earn our heart’s weight in gold. Everyone has heard of the miller’s kind daughter who marries richly, of the maid who coaxes the man out of a beast, of faithful girls in locked towers waiting for their knights. But I don’t believe in anything that supposes it knows me better than I know myself.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“All frogs do is eat bugs that we hate and mind their business. They don't deserve all that. They're literally just vibing.”
― Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

“All I want is a nice girlfriend in a cottage where we have philosophical conversations over scones or something.”
― Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler