Tiara Thornton

“I should hate you. I do hate you. But I can’t help wondering where you are, what you’re doing, and if you ever think of me. I shouldn’t care. You’re not worth my tears. But of course, I care. You knew that when you left.”
― Barbara Davis, The Echo of Old Books

“That I didn’t feel completely uninsulted by his admission that I wasn’t the most gorgeous woman he’d ever seen meant—what? That I’d nursed some private hope that he thought I was? Either because he had unusual taste or because I’d been holding on to the belief that, as with many a romantic comedy heroine, I was far more beautiful than I realized?”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

“And when you take a minute to just breathe and take in your surroundings, all the stuff that feels like it should matter doesn’t really matter as much as we make it out to. Like, I’m always so worried about being good at my job and being successful so I can pay my rent and pay off my student loans. But in reality, if I step back and just remove myself from everything, I realize I’m not going to get fired. I will still pay my bills, have a roof over my head, and all that.”
― Brooke Burroughs, The Marriage Code

“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire