Melissa

“Someone put opera on inside the house. Someone changed it to hip-hop, thank God. Someone started a shower. Someone vacuumed. Again.
Life. In all its mundane majesty.
And you couldn't take advantage of it if you were sitting on your ass in the shadows... whether it was in actuality, or metaphorically because you were trapped in an attic's darkness.”
― J.R. Ward, Black Dagger Brotherhood Collection

“I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“You love each other – anyone can see that, looking at you – that kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

“My words are unerring tools of
destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys