Gabrielle

“My father. He seems to be everywhere today. Dying in the mine. Singing his way into Peeta’s muddled consciousness. Flickering in the look Boggs gives me as he protectively wraps the blanket around my shoulders. I miss him so badly it hurts.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“I pull out, and she sucks in a gasp. “Open wide for me,” I say softly, wiping the tears from her face with my free hand, smearing the black eyeliner and mascara. “Stick your tongue out and breathe through your nose.”
― Shantel Tessier, The Ritual

“Your daughter was only sixteen.” I started with what I knew. “Will Blake was a grown man. He”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit

“looks at him and points to the TV. She laughs. He does too, without knowing what he’s laughing at or why, but he does it anyway, and pulls her a little closer. Jasmine doesn’t make any sounds, but her smile vibrates throughout her body and he finds it infectious. He runs his hand over her belly. She’s eight months pregnant.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh