Bianca

“He blows out a breath, takes a step toward me. The hallway is so narrow that I’m pinned between the wall and his body, heat rolling off him in waves. “Yeah,” he says, voice low. “I feel things.” His green eyes burn. It’s the most emotion I’ve seen from him so far, and I have trouble taking a full breath, my lungs compressed with tension. “That’s the whole point, Ivy. I want you to feel them, too.”
― Amy Engel, The Book of Ivy

“Isn't that what stories do, make real things fake, and fake things real?”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse

“History is filled with fictional people.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake