Ivy

“I became a thief, Manon. I squatted in dirty theaters and stole food from innocent bakers. I did bad things to good people. I killed. I lied and cheated and smoked and drank and even slept with a prostitute once. So it amounts to the same thing. I’ll burn in hell either way.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“For the first time in a very long time, I felt like I had family. You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly exhausted you are, until someone stands behind you and says, “It’s OK, you can fall down now. I’ll catch you.” So I fell down. And Harry caught me.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues. All that remains is vengeance.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“Hawke wasn’t the catalyst. He was the reward.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash