Laura

“People who’ve been hurt often think they have some sort of right to go around hurting other people,” said Sumi. “They think trauma’s a toy to keep handing down forever. But the fact that someone hurt you and tied you up in knots doesn’t give you the right to do it to anybody else. I’m a formerly dead girl made of gingerbread and hope, and even I can see that.”
― Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known

“I find him in pets looking at cat treats. And when he spots me, he gets this expression on his face like I caught him with porn.”
― Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened

“Do you want the answer you're going to like, or the real one?”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Jealousy feels worse when you're drunk.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface