amber

“The indirect boast; for you are really proud of your defects in writing, because you consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which, if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting. The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Jennifer Belanger knew how to dress for a party. She was an athlete—soccer, track, tennis, you name it—so the miniskirt was her weapon of choice. Another inch off that hem and she could have kissed the PG-13 rating good-bye.”
― Gordon Korman, Jake, Reinvented

“The water hears and understands. The ice does not forgive.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“A novel is a piece of amber, one that coagulates both the 'real' past and the 'made-up' ideals. It is something that can be visited again and again in its unparalleled beauty.”
― Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, Taiwan Travelogue