lauren ⋆☽˚

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. —JOHN LOCKE”
― Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“Are you still pretending?” I said, reveling in his gaze. Ravyn gave a surprised laugh and, in front of everyone, leaned in and kissed me. “I never was,” he whispered into my lips.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“When you love someone, it's like building a library and filling the shelves. It doesn't matter how many years it's been since Austen wrote Emma or Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise. We can still pull them from the bookcases and dive back into the words, the same as they day they were written. All the years and memories are still right there, cataloged inside us.”
― Rachel Moore, The Library of Shadows

“No commitment. No mating. Just having fun in the furs. No hearts involved.” S’bren shakes his head. “It is already too late, P’nee. I lost my heart to you long ago.” I sigh, because that’s sweet and romantic and so, so not the thing I wanted to hear. “Oh, S’bren.” “It is all right. I know I am the only heart in this cave that hopes for resonance.”
― Ruby Dixon, Penny's Protector