La'Tasha Renée

“I’m sorry, Olivia, for hurting you,” he said hoarsely and my heart heaved in my
chest. Why was his voice so gentle? Why wasn’t he screaming at me? I was the one
who did the hurting. It was me. My fault. My sin. My mess. “You will never see me again after today.” He paused and his next words struck me so deeply I would never recover from them. “I will love again, Olivia, you will hurt forever. What you’ve done is…You are worthless because you make yourself that way. You will remember me every day for the rest of your life because I was the one and you threw me away.” And then he left.”
― Tarryn Fisher, The Opportunist

“Eden, yeah, she was definitely a morning glory: as pretty as a flower, with the strength of a weed.”
― Mia Sheridan, Becoming Calder

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“Tell me a truth, Senna."
"I don't know how."
"Then tell me a lie."
"I don't love you."
"The truth is for the mind," he says. "Lies are for the heart. So let's just keep lying.”
― Tarryn Fisher, Mud Vein