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“But for the Christians, persecution was fuel to a flame.”
― Jamie Ogle, Of Love and Treason

“Um…” I say. “Rocky, you can make screws, right?”
“Yes. Easy. Why, question?”
“I dropped one.”
“Hold screws better.”
“How?”
“Use hand.”
“My hand’s busy with the wrench.”
“Use second hand.”
“My other hand’s on the hull to keep me steady.”
“Use third han—hmm.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Heads, I kiss you. Tails, you kiss me. And either way, it means something.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy

“Hey. What’s your ship’s name?”
“Blip-A.”
“No, I mean, what do you call it?”
“Ship.”
“Your ship has no name?”
“Why would ship have name, question?”
I shrugged. “Ships have names.”
He points to my pilot’s seat. “What is name of you chair, question?”
“It doesn’t have a name.”
“Why does ship have name but chair have no name, question?”
“Never mind. Your ship is Blip-A.”
“That is what I said.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“He ran a hand through his hair, looking adorably unsettled.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Forgive before they do, and nothing can get to you.”
― Matthew Edward Hall

“There’s a book I just finished on my Kindle last night I want a physical copy”
― Haley Pham, Just Friends

“[...] because that's what loving someone is. It's sharing the tiny, stupid, mundane things about your life, because they're everything to the people you love.”
― Haley Pham, Just Friends

“What is love if not the desire to be
there during someone’s lowest moments?”
― Haley Pham, Just Friends

“I don´t like starting things I can´t finish.”
― Haley Pham, Just Friends

“I fall in love with souls, not faces.”
― Daniel Nielsen

“You are a woman made in the very image of God. Chosen. Beloved. A woman worth fighting for. A woman He died for. If that does not make you the greatest of treasures, I don’t know what else could.”
― Jamie Ogle, Daughter of the Rebellion

“The Scriptures tell us to love our enemies.” Her quiet declaration and the glint in her eyes as she spoke it stole the very breath from his lungs. “You”—he squinted and leaned closer as if he hadn’t quite heard her—“love me?” Her chin lifted, lips twitched. If she was trying to put distance between them, she was doing a very poor job of it. “ I think you misunderstand. I quite distinctly called you my enemy.” That wasn’t what he heard, nor what her eyes were saying. “Once again, one of us is lying, gladiatrix, and it isn’t me.”
― Jamie Ogle, Daughter of the Rebellion

“You—your talents, your goal-reaching abilities, your dreams—still aren’t enough. If your plan is to make your success you identity, you’ll end up empty.
Maybe your dreams have nothing to do with a job. Maybe your dream is to be a wife and mom. While these responsibilities matter immensely and will bring you joy, even these can’t fill you completely. No person and no role can replace the longing our Creator alone can meet.
God made us for Him, not the other way around.”
― Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

“We’ve spent our lives prioritizing ourselves, our wants, and our happiness, and, guess what. We’re still not happy. So how in the world could it be that self-love is the answer to our problems when there’s no evidence whatsoever that we’ve ever stopped loving ourselves?”
― Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

“Our truth is usually Satan's lie.”
― Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

“You want proof there's a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.”
― Frank Peretti

“I was about to reach in the basket to take one when a horse that had been grazing nearby suddenly charged at another horse. Kaden grabbed me and pulled me out of its path. We stumbled back, unable to regain our footing, and both tumbled to the ground. He rolled over me in a protective motion, hovering in case the horse came closer, but it was already gone.
The world snapped to silence. The tall grass waved above us, hiding us from view. He gazed down at me, his elbows straddling my sides, his chest brushing mine, his face inches away.
I saw the look in his eyes. My heart pounded against my ribs.
“Are you all right?” His voice was low and husky.
“Yes,” I whispered.
His face hovered closer to mine. I was going to push away, look away, do something, but I didn’t, and before I knew what was happening, the space between us disappeared. His lips were warm and gentle against mine, and his breath thrummed in my ears. Heat raced through me. It was just as I had imagined that night with Pauline back in Terravin so long ago. Before—
I pushed him away.
“Lia—”
I got to my feet, my chest heaving, busying myself with a loose button on my shirt. “Let’s forget that happened, Kaden.”
He had jumped to his feet too. He grabbed my hand so I had to look at him. “You wanted to kiss me.”
I shook my head, denying it, but it was true. I had wanted to kiss him.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Kiss of Deception

“Osa’r e enand vopilito Gaudrella. Shias wei hal…le diamma camman ashea mika e kisa.”
…When someone has announced that he thinks you make a beautiful vagabond and he wants to kiss you, it’s hard to feign ignorance.”
― Mary E Pearson

“God, her face.
Richie was wrong.
She wasn’t cute—she was…gorgeous.
Dani had always been pretty because of her laugh and the way she was so carefree. Her Dani-ness made her impossible to look away form.
The girl I’d knocked down in the hallway, though—she was a dropdead stunner. All that wavy blond hair, those big brown eyes and black glasses…it…worked”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating

“I met his gaze and said, “Thanks.”
“You got it,” he said, tugging on a strand of my hair. His eyes were all over my face before he added in a murmur, “Danigirl”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating

“—we should totally kiss.”
”What?”
“Please let me kiss you please let me kiss you please let me kiss you please let me kiss you, Dani,”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating

“Here's some advice. Stay alive.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Nervousness means there’s a fear to be faced ahead, Diago. The man who is never nervous, never grows”
― James Islington

“Victims can still be enemies.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Near improvement is not redemption.”
― C. S. Lewis

“I was supposed to be whisking her away to the quiet room where she could play the piano for me and look at my mouth again.”
― Lynn Painter, Nothing Better Than You