Lauren

“I would’ve thought you wouldn’t mind being squashed up against a big, hulking man like Atlas. I could see you pulling the whole ‘Oh, no, there’s no room in here, and it’s so hot. I’ll have to take off my pants and sit in your lap.”
― Eden Finley, Rogue

“Our shadows are tied to us, like it or not.” Camille brushed back a strand of hair from his face. “All we can do is run faster.”
― Gita Trelease, All That Glitters

“I have a boyfriend, and you don’t, so suck it, loser … Okay, I would never say that to someone, but I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the word. I need to practice in my head before I do something stupid in public like call him my friendboy or, worse, say something cringey like “I’ve taken a lover.”
― Eden Finley, Atlas

“She blinked at him. Why did she care? How could she not care? His sister was dead, his sister was dead because of her. Belatedly, she remembered her guise—the servant from Athens, the stranger. “I—I suppose because it isn’t fair.” Mathias’s smile was wry. “What in life is?” “That doesn’t mean unfairness should be tolerated. That it should be expected. We should not—we should not be playthings for the gods.”
― Sarah Underwood, Lies We Sing to the Sea