Selena Spiropoulos

“He lifts my foot to his lips and kisses it. “Only a fool would fail to worship you as you deserve, zolotse. And I’m nobody’s fool except yours.”
― Cara Bianchi, Savage Beauty

“Nature gives reproductive rights at puberty.
The same oppressors that make it hard to raise kids by
limiting resources, make it hard to make personal choices.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“This was all I wanted tonight, Halley. Just this. Something we never got to experience.” His words were warm honey against my ear. “Everything between us was built upon respect and genuine connection, but it was only able to be harnessed in the physical sense. Behind closed doors. Kept in the shadows.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Older

“Damn. Who pissed you off?” Scotty materialized in the doorway, his shoulder propped against the frame, arms folded. I sent him a sidelong glance, hardly faltering as the bag pendulated in front of me. “Today?” I answered through a hard exhale. “Bob Ross.” “Impossible.” “It is possible. His trees are way too happy. It’s unrealistic and offensive to the sad trees.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Older