Jessica A

“Birthday wishes don’t always come true, so I don’t waste a chance when I blow out a candle.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Time passes by you like a bullet,” he says, “and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not do the things you know you should. Don’t doubt yourself, don’t second-guess, don’t let fear hold you back, don’t be lazy, and don’t base your decisions on how happy it will make others. Just go for it, okay?”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“If sin could take a solid form, surely it would be a pastry. Preferably one with chocolate.”
― Julia Quinn, Romancing Mister Bridgerton