Emily

“And, in that second, almost everything Joan had known about herself became untrue. And everything she never thought she'd want or have was in her arms.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“If you’re in bed next to me, I will take your hand. If you are not, I will go find you. I will spend the rest of my life, if I get that lucky, seeking you out. Not because I promised you or because you’re there. But because I will want to. I will want to be beside you. Every day. Forever.” “You will?” Vanessa tucked a strand of Joan’s hair behind her ear. “Every morning, I wake up and I think, ‘God, yes, her.’ ” Joan smiled and dried her tears. “If that can be enough for you,” Vanessa said, “it’s yours until the day I die.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“Bravery, Joan suspected, is almost always a lie. Courage is all we have.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“And Elide thought the impact of Aelin Galathynius's knees hitting the sand might have been the most horrible sound she'd ever heard.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms