Izzy Clare

“Our eyes met for a fraction of a second. If you’re real, I thought, help. She dissolved into smoke.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer

“Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about. It was twenty minutes, or a hundred years, or just this instant, or any instant I wished would last and last. But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening. Right then, as I ran with Wes into that bright sun, and every moment afterwards. Look, there. Now. Now. Now.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“This forest is mine; you can hardly force me out of it.” Brida held the spear in a throwing position. “Oh?” she asked. “Except for today,” the prince hastily said.”
― K.M. Shea, The Wild Swans

“No falafel. Dammit. Now I was really in the mood for some, but I found a chocolate bar and stuffed it in my coat pocket for later. (Chocolate must be savored, not rushed.)”
― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer