Shannai

“You’re an asshole,’ I pant against his mouth. ‘I hope you’re hard all through dinner. I hope you watch me eating that dick-shaped skewer and it tortures you, because all I’m going to be thinking about is what time you’re going to sneak into my room so I can tease you until you’re begging for it. Then I’ll hold out some more.”
― Jessica Joyce, You, with a View

“Remember nothing lasts forever. You have to hold on to the good things, knowing you may be on borrowed time with them. And with the bad, recognize that eventually it will pass.”
― Jessica Joyce, You, with a View

“The door swings open, and there he is, phone in hand. He puts his mouth up to the speaker, his eyes on me, the tiniest smirk pulling at his lips. ‘It’s nice.’
‘I’m sorry, did you just compliment me?’
‘Don’t take it personally,’ he echoes. ‘I tell my accountant he looks nice all the time, too.’
‘It’s a slippery slope to earnest compliments, Spencer.’
He tilts his head, appraising me. ‘I don’t expect you to let me get that far. You’ve never been one for accepting my compliments.’
‘You’ve never been one for giving them to me.‘’
‘Maybe you weren’t listening.’
‘Trust me, I was.”
― Jessica Joyce, You, with a View

“I would rather lose this entire war than live without you, and if that means I have to prove myself over and over, then I'll do it. You gave me your heart, and I'm keeping it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing