gentlemischief

“My daughters are diamonds, Yaga so often said. Nothing is more beautiful. Nothing shines brighter. And most importantly, nothing will break them.”
― Olivie Blake, One for My Enemy

“She removed her coat in yet another episode of deliberation, establishing her dominion over the room and its contents via the simple handing of the garment to the man beside her.”
― Olivie Blake, One for My Enemy

“She’d clearly learned to conceal her sharper edges with whatever mimicry of innocence she had at her disposal, but that look, unlike her falser faces, could never be disguised. For Lev, it had the same effect as a bird of prey circling overhead.”
― Olivie Blake, One for My Enemy

“for my whole life, I’d have to walk around inside a body that kept me from ever truly knowing anyone else.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation