Martini Effect

“A part of me wanted to hate her for making me fall in love, but hating her was damn near impossible. Despite the damage she did to me, it was all my fault. And despite how lonely and terrible I felt, I couldn’t shake her. Like now, her blue eyes were haunting me in my sleep.”
― Shanora Williams, 100 Proof

“as he slipped his fingers beneath the waistband of my panties, looking into my eyes like I truly was the light of his life—like I was his moon and stars, and even the earth—I only felt one thing. The raw, twisted love we once shared.”
― Shanora Williams, 100 Proof

“Each person is a lottery ticket. We are all stubs of our luck.”
― Angelos Michalopoulos, SMALLER THAN ZERO AND LARGER THAN INFINITY

“It’s okay to let go,” she whispered when I had a long day. All I wanted was a cold, hard drink—something to cool my nerves and the flame inside me. “Just give yourself to me, Vinny. Don’t worry about drinking. Get drunk on me. Take me.”
― Shanora Williams, 100 Proof