Mina

“A roll in the sheets with me at present would likely snap you in half," he added.

Lenora blinked. "are you so rough then, that I need to be more robust?" she asked with some acerbity.”
― Alice Coldbreath, The Unlovely Bride

“Sense memories of you persist and do not seem to abate as the day progresses. It’s disconcerting, Camilla. I don’t like it when my mind plays tricks on me. I would much rather simply have you here in the flesh, to feel and taste and smell with my actual senses. Instead my mind keeps conjuring this false perception of your presence. I think it means I miss you.”
― Delphine Dryden, The Theory of Attraction

“Lenora Montmayne was brave as fuck or foolhardy as hell. He wasn't sure yet which it was.”
― Alice Coldbreath, The Unlovely Bride

“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”
― Anne Bradstreet