Lezan

“It was easy, now that I understood passion properly, to see why you would move heaven and earth to secure it.”
― Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

“When realized I'd been right about him, I didn't feel vindicated, or smug, or pleased. I felt frightened, and disturbed by the familiarity. Worse than receiving rage was the ability to detect its remnants.”
― Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much

“Appetite is embarrassing enough; visibly trying to satiate it, utterly mortifying.”
― Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much

“Why does Charlotte stay? That is like asking—why stay inside a house on fire? Easy to say when you are standing on the street, a safe distance from the flames. Harder when you are still inside, convinced you can douse the blaze before it spreads, or rushing room to room, trying to save what you love before it burns.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil