Amanda Lumbad

“There aren’t enough sonnets for friendship. Not enough songs for the kind of love not born of blood or body but of time and care. They are the ones we choose to laugh and cry and live with. When lovers come and go, friends are the ones who remain. We are each other’s constants.”
― Kennedy Ryan, This Could Be Us

“It's how I learned that the families we make are as significant as the ones we're born into. It's how I learned that the greatest loves are not always romances.”
― Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

“You've been fighting all your life, Your instinct is to strike first, before anyone can hurt you. But, sometimes it's the blow the molds us. Taking it. Letting it ring against our defenses, until we are assured in the the knowledge that, when it's over, we will still be standing.”
― Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars

“That life is too damn short to play it safe all of the time. That even when it scares you, love is worth it. The promise of being in love and being loved is worth the risk.”
― Morgan Elizabeth, Big Nick Energy