Lexi Cribaro

“I count everything. Even numbers, odd numbers, multiples of 10. I count the ticks of the clock i count the tocks of the clock I count the lines between the lines on a sheet of paper. I count the broken beats of my heart I count my pulse and my blinks and the number of tries it takes to inhale enough oxygen for my lungs. I stay like this I stand like this I count like this until the feeling stops. Until the tears stop spilling, until my fists stop shaking, until my heart stops aching. There are never enough numbers.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“Why wouldn't I dance?"
Uh, maybe because at first glance he looked like he ate puppies for breakfast and kittens for lunch? As for what he enjoyed having for dinner - that couldn't be discussed in polite company.
"Because you think it's dumb?" The words emerged as a question rather than the statement I'd meant them to be.
"Something that allows a guy to put his hands all over a girl isn't dumb. It's genius”
― Gena Showalter, Alice in Zombieland

“I feared a love like this—that made us incomplete without each other. It was beautiful but treacherous, like snow that looked white and pure and lovely from the safety of your window, but when you stepped out to touch the softness, the cold first stole your breath, and then your will to move, until you could just lay down in it and let the numbness take you.”
― Ann Aguirre, Horde

“With a polite smile, I decided she was insane.”
― Ann Aguirre, Horde