Ness

“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

“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

“So don’t even bother telling me you have plans, because I know you were planning on being dead right now.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People