Bright Star

“Don’t you dare,” Roma said. “Don’t you dare fall apart now, dorogaya.”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“He smiled, put his hands on the back of her neck, fingers in her hair, and leaned in to press his forehead against hers. He’d told her before that he did it to take away half her sadness, half her headache, half her nerves before her Columbia interview. Because half less of a bad thing meant there was room for half good.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“Perhaps it's easier: being alone. Building walls. A solitary life with no one to lose. No one to break your heart.”
― Shea Ernshaw, Winterwood

“You know,” she’d said, “they say people are like snowflakes, each one unique, but I think they’re more like skies. Some are cloudy, some are stormy, some are clear, but no two are ever quite the same.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue