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“This house doesn’t have a lick of insulation,” Brian told Mom when we got back inside. “All the heat’s going right through the roof.” “We may not have insulation,” Mom said as we all gathered around the stove, “but we have each other.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“For just a moment, they could’ve been two strangers, Rhys thought. Just two people chatting about their jobs, maybe lightly sussing each other out. And then, once again, he had the unsettling feeling that that’s what they were in a way. Except that she could never be a stranger, never just be some woman he fancied, and he needed to stop being distracted by her pretty eyes and lovely hair, and remember that he was cursed now.”
― Erin Sterling, The Ex Hex

“A beautiful, intricate design of a Bald Eagle and a dragon in battle takes most of his torso. The dragon is on its back, wings spread wide and it’s done in shades of gold, black, and green. The eagle has its talons clasped around one of the dragon’s paws and its neck. The talons around the neck have red, white, and blue ribbons tied to them. And as Logan moves and flexes the muscles on his back, both the eagle and the dragon seem to come to life.”
― Erica Alexander, Because of Liam

“The idea of starting over wasn’t as scary as going back to his father’s rage.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart