Adriana Smith

“The girl was dead. If her lifeless body had not confirmed it, then it would have been made clear by the horrible scream of the Fate who held her in his arms. The story curse was familiar with pain, but this was agony, the sort of raw grief that was only seen once in a century. The Fate was every tear that anyone had ever shed for lost love. He was pain given form.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Real shame was killing your mom and having to live with it, knowing that she died and the last thing you ever said to her was that you hated her. If Red survived that, she could survive this.”
― Holly Jackson, Five Survive

“What if I said you were the right people, in the right place at exactly the right time.”
― Holly Jackson, Five Survive

“And while it's important to know how to fight your way to the top... It's always nice when there are others to help lift us up, don't you think?”
― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun