Tanya

“A flying chocolate wrapper touched against a fire hydrant. Taxi doors slammed. Bits of trash sparred in the darkest reaches of the alleyways. Sneakers found their sweetspots. The leather of briefcases rubbed against trouserlegs. A few umbrella tips clinked against the pavement. Revolving doors pushed quarters of conversation out into the street.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

“The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“I’d suggested we have my friend Rain, a crime scene specialist, paint splotches of red paint on them and the table to make suspects think it was blood splatter, but George had nixed that. Some of my best ideas are simply outside the bell curve and not appreciated.”
― Jennifer Crusie, Rest in Pink

“The world was full of interesting words used to describe complicated things. There was tartle, a Scottish word for the panicked pause you experience when you have to introduce someone, but you don’t remember their name. There was backpafeifengesicht, a German term for a face you’d love to punch. There was gigil, a Filipino word for the urge to squeeze an item because it is unbearably cute.”
― Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames