Jomy Alarcon

“That's one of the first things that comes out of young people's mouths when they're in love. FOREVER. And that's cool, it's all good-until you get old enough to realize what forever is.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“I can’t stop it. I can’t stop Them from following me. If it was just me that the fey picked on, I’d be okay with that. But someone else always pays for my Sight. Someone else always gets hurt instead of me.” Tearing my gaze from hers, I looked out over the fields. “I’d rather be alone,” I muttered, “then to have to watch that again.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Lost Prince

“Because I love him, and you don't hurt the people you love. Not on purpose.”
― Andrea Randall, In the Stillness

“It's delicious to have people adore you, but it's exhausting, too. Particularly when your own feelings don't match theirs.”
― Tasha Alexander, A Fatal Waltz