Connie (Rain Check and Read)

“I know the tenth commandment is Thou shalt not covet. And I’ve been breaking that one a lot lately,” he said. “How so?” I asked as Isaac physically brushed past me. “Sunday Morning, I’ve been coveting the fuck out of you since Easter Sunday,” he said, strolling out of the barn. I died and went straight to Hell.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Sunday Morning

“It was like no kiss she had ever experienced, all of reality falling away behind them. The crackle, the spark, the scintilla, a rightness, a slotting together of two fated pieces, two equals, two halves of one whole.”
― L.K. Steven, Silvercloak

“That look—the one she gave me—was bigger and better than anything in the whole fucking galaxy. With one single look, she simplified my existence and the meaning of my life to a singular purpose: spend every day working to earn that look from her. And if I could do that, I’d die a happy man.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Sunday Morning

“she knew better than most that deserving had little to do with getting. She was sure almost no one got to give permission for the worst things that happened to them.”
― Tracy Sierra, Nightwatching