Victoria

“You don’t know me,” I yell after him. A cliché—that’s who I am. “And I don’t particularly care to.” He opens the driver’s door of his Mini. “Not if this is who you are.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

“Who was she? She knew you,” he said to Orion. “I don’t know,” Orion said,”
― Caroline Peckham, Shadow Princess

“Listen. I try hard not to learn things about the people around me, but . . . I’ve heard about your father. I know you take care of your family. I know you’re dealing with stuff like”—his chin points at my yard—“that rusty trampoline. But if you unzip your asshole and pry your head out of it, you might realize that there’s more to life than feeling sorry for yourself.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

“Less of the ‘old’ I’m only eight years older than you.” “Yeah so when you were my age, I was ten,” I pointed out. “So you’re like half my age again. Hence, old.”
― Caroline Peckham, Shadow Princess