Jade

“And that wasn’t fair to him. He had every right to drink and dance and strip in public and do whatever he wanted. But the stakes were higher than just my own comfort now, and what was fair to me mattered too. I just didn’t know what that was right now. Or what it meant after tonight.”
― Julie Murphy, A Holly Jolly Ever After

“Some people in my life… they think I’m being crazy, that I’m being unrealistic, and that’s fine. I know one day, I’ll find it, even if it takes a lifetime. I refuse… I refuse to settle for less than I deserve.”
― Morgan Elizabeth, If This Was a Movie

“Her fingers were slender and straight, and the backs of her hands looked unnaturally smooth as though she spent all her time indoors. Her fingernails were noticeably short, though, and ink smudged the side of her middle finger like a bruise. There was a bump, from always holding a pen. In its own way, it was a working woman’s hand.”
― Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit

“The Sylanagistines took their land. The Niess fought, but then responded like any living thing under threat—with diaspora, sending whatever was left of themselves flying forth to take root and perhaps survive where it could.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky