Ness

“Lying spread-eagle under the covers, I think irritably that acceptance is an overrated life skill. How do you get the things you want if you accept your life as it is?”
― Elisabeth Dini, Bearer of Bad News

“The passion in his voice was infectious, and I bit back a smile as he painted a picture for me with his words, his hands waving in the air, getting carried away. His joy made my heart ache a little in a way I hadn't ever felt. Not the sad sort of ache, but a longing for something I'd never experience before.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“I couldn't cozy up to the future. The present was far too loud.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“Would you do something for me?" he asked. She said, her voice sleepy, "I would do anything for you." The words struck him like an arrow to the chest, like she'd just loved him out loud. Like she wanted him the way he wanted her. Completely, and impossibly, and with ill-advised devotion.”
― Talia Hibbert, Get a Life, Chloe Brown