Lupe Olaya

“Yes, she is." He looks at me, his face carved in pain. "She is dying, Sara. She will die, either tonight or tomorrow or maybe a year from now if we're really lucky. You heard what Dr. Chance said. Arsenic's not a cure. It just postpones what's coming."
My eyes fill up with tears. "But I love her," I say, because that is reason enough.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed.”
― Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed

“I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“And, by the way, I adore you.... in frightening, dangerous ways.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]