Lisa

“I didn’t grasp exactly what she meant, but there was a flattering intimacy
to her banter that made me feel like I was on a date. Not that I’d ever been
on a date—what Joseph and I had didn’t really rise to the level of dating—
but I’d heard about them and seen them in movies.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things

“I was overcome then by the mental image off Grayson helping Emily take down her hair, his fingers working the braid out, bit by bit”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“time is a treacherous mistress. In our youth it flows slow and deep; the
days stretch out endlessly. When we are children, a summer lasts for a
century. As we age, the flow of time speeds up. Suddenly, a year vanishes
with the snap of one’s fingers. How quickly time eludes us, how easily it
tricks us.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Bewitching

“I saw it and thought of you. How do you like it?”
“It’s darling!” she exclaimed.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia