Lucia

“You’ve lost your mind,’ he sneered.‘Maybe. So you should be terrified.”
― Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead

“Jason Bell was dead, but he wasn’t dead yet; he would be in a few hours. And Max Hastings would be the one who killed him. Finally locked away where he belonged.”
― Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead

“Of course I do. What do you guys want to be when you’re older?” “I do not dream of labor,” Baz said.”
― Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Where Sleeping Girls Lie

“It’s just...’ he drew off, his voice guttering out. ‘It’s scary, to know that someone might want to hurt you, or make you scared. You’re my person. My little one. My Sarge. And I’m supposed to protect you.’ ‘You do protect me,’ she said, holding his eyes. ‘Even when you’re not here.’ He was her life raft, her cornerstone for what good truly meant. Didn’t he know that?”
― Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead