Amelie

“Nova?” he said, so quietly she almost thought she imagined it. She turned her head up. Adrian held her gaze for all of half a second, before he leaned down and kissed her. Nova gasped against his mouth, overcome not just with surprise, but also by the current that jolted through every nerve. Adrian pulled away, worried again. His eyes were a question. His lips an invitation. Nova’s mouth felt abandoned. The kiss had been too short and already her hands were itching to touch him, her entire body aching to move closer. Though she knew what she had to do and she knew this was a terrible idea, she reached her hand behind his neck and pulled his mouth back to hers. The kiss escalated fast. Hesitant curiosity and then, from nowhere, a desperate, unfulfilled need. To be closer. To kiss deeper. To touch his face, his neck, his hair. Adrian’s arms circled her waist and he pulled her across him, turning Nova’s body so she was cocooned in his arms.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“Love has a sound. It sounds like a thousand heartbeats happening at the same time.”
― Kiera Cass, A Thousand Heartbeats

“And Scarlett cried. She cried for all the horrors he had been, and she cried for the wonders that he could have been instead.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

“Penny for your thoughts," she commented as she ran a hand over my dress, smoothing the fabric.
"A penny won't buy you much these days," I told Lily as she zipped me. "Thought inflation.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little White Lies