Monica

“On the fourth day, we came upon a cavern with a perfectly still pool that gave the illusion of a night sky, its depths sparkling with tiny luminescent fish.

Mal and I were slightly ahead of the others. He dipped his hand in, then yelped and drew back. "They bite."

"Serves you right," I said. "Oh, look, a dark lake full of something shiny. Let me put my hand in it."

"I can't help being delicious," he said, that familiar cocky grin flashing across his face like light over water.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“The stars looked like they were close together, when they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“I want to say something sassy, but the only thing that comes to mind is how insulting it is that eyelashes like his were wasted on Satan's errand boy.”
― Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners

“I can't decide if you're a fearmonger or a coward"
"And I can't deicide if you're an idiot or an idiot.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm