Cherlynn | cherreading

“Was that what it meant to lose someone? The pain never went away. It just got... covered up.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

“For a minute or so the room was silent. I kept still and soaked it up. Since the bang, it felt like there'd be nothing but noise everywhere. The whole world was one big riot of shouts and sirens and voices and ambulance engines and alarms and buzzes and bleeps and elevator bells and footsteps and ringtones and whispers and trolley wheels and gurgling coffee machines. And it was all set to a background beat of seven billion different people breathing. Too many noises. And all of them way too loud.”
― Hayley Long, The Nearest Faraway Place

“She knew that most men desired her because she was attractive and she was smart, but also because she was a drunk and she was easy. This one? She hoped for his sake he wasn't as different as he seemed, because she always disappointed those men quickly or broke their hearts over time.”
― Chris Bohjalian, The Flight Attendant

“I knew you talked to books. I didn't realize they listened.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns