Nancy Bu

“This flirting is all well and good, but I mean it when I tell you, I cant have you leaving me again. It almost broke me."
My ribs seemed to squeeze all of the air out of my lungs at the thought. "I don't think I could. I don't want to be away from you again either."
"But you need to give me a chance to fix things when I screw up. You know I'm an ass sometimes."
"Sometimes?"
Growling, he whispered, "And I tear lingerie."
I pushed a curl off his forehead, "And hoard it. Don't forget the creepy hoarding.”
― Christina Lauren, Beautiful Bastard

“Puertas se cerraban y otras se abrían... La vida era caer y levantarse, temer y no paralizarse. Escalar y escalar sin detenerse en ese momento tuvo sentido, la cima estaba ahí, bajo sus pies, y ambos ya estaban disfrutando de jamás retroceder, de no rendirse, de seguir, luchar y decidir avanzar pese a que dolió, a lo que implicó, pese a que todo a su alrededor en algún momento se extinguió y la luz era un sueño enterrado en los sentimientos de la aflicción pues comprendieron que vivir era una decisión.”
― Ana Coello, Tú, Nada Más

“If only he would keep his mouth shut, he'd be perfect. A piece of duct tape would do the trick. I had some in my desk that I'd occasionally pull out and fondle, hoping someday I could put it to good use.”
― Christina Lauren, Beautiful Bastard