Elizabeth

“If you're happy, then why are you crying?"
I press my hands to my eyes, and they come away wet. "I don't know. I cry a lot, I think. I have weak eyes."
My brother wraps his arms around me. "Or a strong heart.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“Look, I said to him one day in October, while I sat in an armchair and he relaxed on the divan, posing for me. I turned my sketchbook toward him.
You're going to color me in, right? he asked.
Of course I'm going to color you in.
Whatever happened to that picture of Jake you did?
Burned it, I said.
Really?
No, I tore it out and threw it away. But I burned it in my heart.
Good enough.
I moved over to sit next to him.
How are you going to do a picture of me from that close? he asked.
I'm getting the details, I said.
What details? My giant nose?
Your nose is perfect. I'm talking about stuff like...the hairs in your eyebrows.
Do people look that closely at portraits?
No. I just really like your eyebrows.
In that case, have some.
He leaned forward and pressed his forehead to my cheek. I laughed and pushed him away.”
― Francesca Zappia, Katzenjammer

“Don't even try to lie to me because the way your hips keep squirming will tell a very different story."
"It's telling the story your fingers are writing.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Fall of Ruin and Wrath

“I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me."
"I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally nuanced.”
― Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]