Marlene

“that’s one rather crucial detail we’ve each learned about the other person. That we’ll put their needs first. Always.”
― Lauren Layne, Blurred Lines

“In the end, the employees said, Jonathan’s routine had been so boring the subcontractor surveilling him had given up. 'I’m interesting!' Jonathan said, when I told him. 'I am a very interesting person! I went to an escape room!”
― Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

“Did you coordinate with the Hamiltons for maximum effect here?"

"The Hamiltons?" he asks, and turns to follow my eyes over to the table. "Oh!"

Ducking, he glances up at me, eyes comically wide. As if there's anywhere to hide in that shirt.? Oh, Ethan. "Wow," he whispers.
They're here? That is . . . a coincidence. And awkward."

"That's awkward?" I look with meaning at his bright shirt and his Day-Glo green cup in the middle of the classy, muted dining room of Camelia.”
― Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners

“Mercy is not a proper Indian name."..........."Rash Coyote Who Runs With Wolf. We could shorten it to Dinner Woman.”
― Patricia Briggs, River Marked