Holly

“I'm afraid I've done nothing at all to advance the plot."
"You chose to come away with me," Ned reminded her.
"So this is merely romance," she frowned disapprovingly. "I was hoping for an epic adventure, or a gothic mystery at the very least."
Ned laughed. "Darling, don't worry, the story has just begun.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“Mathematical parallels. It's plausible to hypothesize that these patterns will be reflected in events and people in each dimension. That people who have met in one quantum reality will be likely to meet in another. Certain things that happen will happen over and over, in different ways, but more often than you could explain by chance alone.”
― Claudia Gray, A Thousand Pieces of You

“I’d rather carry on a conversation with myself than crawl the trenches of awkward nothingness.”
― Emery Lord, When We Collided

“Two dozen armed soldiers stood at the threshold.

"Good morning," said the man in front. "Could we interest you in an unconditional surrender?"

"By all means," Cecelia replied. "I do not know who you are, but I am most happy to accept your surrender.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels