Jade

“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

“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

“And there were other, more personal things he couldn’t reveal … like the beautiful skin of her throat and chest, the weight of her hair in his hands, the way strength and vulnerability were pleated inside her like two pieces of fabric folded together.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Mine Till Midnight

“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