Nightshade6

“Pretty clothes are like the colors of a flower’s petals. They tell the bee where to land. After that, it’s what’s inside that holds his interest,” said Peggy, still quoting their mother.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Alex and Eliza

“I think kindness, out of all virtues, is the best quality to have.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Alex and Eliza

“Why must a woman always surrender? I am not prey!"
"No I am. Your arrow struck me long ago." Paris took her hand and placed it on his chest."Right here. And every time I try to pull it out." He used her hand to demonstrate. "You force it back in.”
― Anne Fortier, The Lost Sisterhood

“Medicine is a bit like love," Aunt Gertrude began. "There are the theatrical outer forms gone through by the players-the bandages and injections and extractions, the flowers and love notes and dances-but the real work is always happening out of sight. In here," she added, tapping herself on the heart.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Alex and Eliza