Heidi

“Because I'm not normally..." Lainey let her voice trail off.
"Are you planning to finish that sentence?" Elliot asked.
"I was going to say 'I'm not normally messy like that,' but this isn't even the first time I've yelled at a passenger in front of another passenger, so...”
― Ellie Palmer, Married With Benefits

“How ironic it was, that when we were apart, all i wished for was to be with him. Yet as soon as we were reunited, all we did was tell each other to leave.”
― Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers

“every night she shuts the windows tight to guard against drafts, and every morning he dies and is reborn beside her. she reminds his heart to beat again, as she did so long ago. he kisses her fingers, and combs her hair, and he treasures her, as only a man who has lost his luck and found it once more ever can.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“They say that when I was born, all the wild geese flew down from the sky, and the fish sank beneath the waves, having forgotten how to swim. Even the lotus flowers in out gardens quivered and turned their heads away, so ashamed they were of their own diminished allure in my presence.”
― Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers