Carla

“You’re addicting, Quinn. I talk to you for a minute, and it makes me want to talk for an hour. I touch you for a second…” He brings his other hand up so I’m perfectly positioned to kiss him. “And I’m going to want more.”
― Kristy Boyce, Dating and Dragons

“He stole your smile,’ she whispers, tears clinging to dark lashes. ‘No wonder you didn’t have one to give me.’ Regret rams into me once again, her words a reminder of every missed opportunity to make her smile with one of my own. ‘I’ll find one,’ I murmur. ‘Steal it back if I must. For you.’ Her lips lift, eyes shining with tears. ‘And I’ll cherish it.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerful

“But I refuse to be ashamed of my softness. Gentleness is the strength that fragility lacks.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerful

“Life was funny that way. Living in Buckhead was like a roller-coaster ride. You’d wait in line for a very long time, and then finally, you were in. You were on the ride of a lifetime. But this ride wasn’t consistent. It was ever-changing. Sometimes you’d scream. Sometimes you’d be sick to your stomach. Sometimes you’d beg the operator to stop the ride, so you could get off.”
― Jeneva Rose, One of Us Is Dead