Clara

“Holy shit,” she says. “I’m in nerd heaven.”

“Oh, young Padawan,” I tell her, waving my hand toward the room, “everything the light touches is our kingdom. Let’s go explore it.”
― Ashley Poston, Geekerella

“Fire like fear, like panic, like one more minute of this and I'll die if he doesn't knock at my door, but I'd sooner he never knock than knock now.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“Wait,” he said. The burn of his voice was rougher than usual. “Is my tie straight?”
Inej laughed, her hood falling back from her hair.
“That’s the laugh,” he murmured, but she was already setting off down the quay, her feet barely touching the ground.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Leaning out into the evening air, I knew that this might never be given to us again, and yet I couldn't bring myself to believe it.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name