Charlie

“The universe is cruel. Life is not fair. Our ability to feel and to love is our weakness; this is what it means to be human.”
― Melissa Delport, Rainfall

“It’s just a smile. Not a weapon.” “And a gun is just a piece of metal. It can still take a life in a second, if used properly.”
― Neva Altaj, Stolen Touches

“How can I let myself have you when I’ve done so much damage?” “What about what I deserve?” I ask him, and he blinks at me. “What?” “I don’t want you to think about this in terms of what you deserve. I want you to think about me and what I deserve.” His Adam’s apple bobs, and his eyes don’t stray from mine. “You deserve the world,” he says. I smile, placing a finger under his chin, my nail likely digging into his skin ever so slightly. “Then give it to me.”
― Sarah Blue, Jolly Cupid

“I dialed the 9 and the 1. Maybe that was a bit paranoid, but I preferred to think of it as prepared.

After all, while I was only half-white, I was definitely doing the thing in horror movies where Caucasian women inexplicably went toward the danger instead of away from it.”
― Roxie Ray, The Healer and The Wolf: Part One