Cynthia

“Why is it that when they hide their faces, men become monsters instead of angels?”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“Cassie. A word.”

I glanced at Michael, wondering what—if anything—Briggs knew about what Michael, Sloane, and I had been up to.

“Ambidextrous,” Sloane said suddenly.

“This should be good,” Lia murmured.

Sloane cleared her throat. “Agent Briggs asked for a word. Ambidextrous is a good one. Less than point-five percent of the words in the English language contain all five vowels.”

I was grateful for the distraction, but unfortunately, Briggs didn’t bite. “Cassie?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“I suppose we decided to be girls because being boys seems to require giving up half your brain cells.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Removing people from your life is a symbol of self-respect.”
― R.H. Sin, She's Strong, but She's Tired (Volume 3)