Joanna

“Spare us the pout, there’s enough lip in the world without you adding to it.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“I missed you every hour. And you know what the worst part was? It caught me completely by surprise. I'd catch myself just walking around to find you, not for any reason, just out of habit, because I'd seen something that I wanted to tell you about or because I wanted to hear your voice. And then I'd realize that you weren't there anymore, and every time, every single time, it was like having the wind knocked out of me. I've risked my life for you. I've walked half the length of Ravka for you, and I'd do it again and again and again just to be with you, just to starve with you and freeze with you and hear you complain about hard cheese every day. So don't tell me why we don't belong together," he said fiercely.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Maybe, when all was said and done, that was where love began and what kept it alive: the simple, everyday act of paying attention.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Good Deed

“The Handsome Prince Handbook is mute on the subject of chronic workaholism—Prince Charming, apparently, knew how to delegate—and I didn't know where else to turn for help. What do you do when life begins to go wrong and you've used up all three wishes?”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Good Deed