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“Romance was nothing but brain chemicals and some pretty words, a nice setting. That’s all it was. A fiction brains told to hearts.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

“She felt her friends on either side of her, gentle hands on her back, waiting for her. Loving her. Because Iris Kelly was worth loving. And she always had been.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

“Outside, clouds slid across the sky. The morning had started bright and sunny, but Jordan actually liked the clouds, the softness of the gray sky. It felt right, comforting, whereas the sun in Savannah always felt like it was mocking her. Look, I'M happy, why can't YOU get your shit together?
Clouds were kinder,”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“In her place was a woman whose heart felt tender and raw. A woman who was tired, so fucking tired of fighting the way Stevie Scott made her feel.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Iris Kelly Doesn't Date