Elle Smith

“Christ, let's go."
"Women shouldn't curse."
"Get fucked.”
― Erika Johansen, The Fate of the Tearling

“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Asscrown," I muttered under my breath as I headed to my next class. I wasn't proud of swearing at a complete stranger, no. but he started it.

Noah matched my pace. "Don't you mean 'assclown'?" He looked amused.

"No," I said, louder this time. "I mean asscrown. The crown on top of the asshat that covers the asshole of the assclown. The very zenith in the hierarchy of asses," I said, as though I was reading from a dictionary of modern profanity.

"I guess you nailed me then.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer