Vanessa (When Vane Reads)

“was the sweetest torture, the most delightful torment, to let the man that had ruined me for joy bring it back into my body for one brief instant.”
― R.K. Lilley, Breaking Him

“I was the balance to his unsteadiness. He was the courage to my fear.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“For a long time I only stare. A thousand thoughts hit me at once, the least of which is the fact that she is real. Flesh and blood. Dutch. Her light soaks into me. Begins to heal me instantly. I begin to calm. To slow my breathing. To clear my head. I don’t know what to think, other than the fact that she is more beautiful than I ever dreamed. She is real. And she has seen me. The real me. I have no robes to hide beneath now. No cloak.”
― Darynda Jones, Brighter Than the Sun

“I tried to start a gang once.
It turned into a book club.
—MEME”
― Darynda Jones, The Curse of Tenth Grave