Daithui Mei

“But you still haven't said you love me."
"That's not true."
"You haven't."
"I say it all the time, I just say it very, very quietly. I tell you when you're in another room, or right after we hang up the phone. I tell you when you've got headphones on. I say it after you shut the door behind you. I say it in my head every time you look at me.”
― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other

“Her words came in a sudden rush. “You’re hard to look away from. I can’t look away from you. I don’t know how anyone could.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie

“In the morning, you can forget it. You can go back to pretending you don't like me, and I can pretend that I don't care. But for tonight, let me pretend you're mine.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“You talk a lot.”
“I lie a lot, too. Fair warning.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie