Penny

“It feels like the beginning of a mystery novel, when you’re screaming at the plucky protagonist to run but sort of hoping she doesn’t, because you want the story to start.”
― Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

“asked softly, but not weakly.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Calla is a woman in the same way that the sky is blue. She understands that it’s the easiest identifier to slap on and she doesn’t mind it, but in actuality, the sky is an incomprehensible void, and Calla, too, feels closer to a nebulous,”
― Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings

“I think,” I say carefully, “the only love you can count on is the way you love yourself.”
― Emily McIntire, Wretched