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“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
― Nora Ephron

“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
― Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
― William Arthur Ward

“He treated me like I was his heart; like he needed me to exist; like he'd do anything in his power to make me happy.”
― Lynda LeeAnne, Lexi, Baby

“You're going to be mine for the rest of your life.”
― Lynda LeeAnne, Lexi, Baby

“You're so beautiful it hurts to look at you Lexi. Any marks our daughter left on your body only makes you that much sexier to me. I never thought I'd have another chance with you.”
― Lynda LeeAnne, Lexi, Baby

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

“He put the knuckles of his fist to the table, leaned toward Niles and spoke quietly, cuttingly, in his rough, gravelly voice.

“Fucked her last night, man, and this morning. Five times. Five. It was like she hadn’t been touched in a decade. So fuckin’ sweet. Damn,” he taunted, his eyes locked on Niles. “You’ve had her, you gotta know, not enough money in the world’s worth that.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Gamble

“Not one fuckin’ thing gentlemanly about protecting what’s yours. Looks like you’re gonna lose it, you do everything you can to stop that from happening.” Max looked back to Niles. “And you didn’t do that. She was a week away from me, she walked into a room I was in holdin’ another man’s hand, I’d lose my fuckin’ mind. Not at her. Wonderin’ where I lost my way and I’d talk to her about how to find my way back.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Gamble

“Spitters are Quitters”
― Tara Sivec, Futures and Frosting

“I'm gonna make like a fetus and head out.”
― Tara Sivec, Futures and Frosting

“He looked down at his flaccid cock. "Congratulations," he said. "You've just fucked yourself to death.”
― Madeline Sheehan, Unbeautifully

“To see you naked is to recall the Earth.”
― Federico García Lorca

“You don’t marry someone you can live with, you marry the person who you cannot live without.”
― Aleatha Romig, Consequences

“Get on your knees. I want you to feel me so deep that the belt is of little consequence when it comes to breathing.”
― Alaska Angelini, Slade

“I want to mark you, and I want to own you. I want to fucking live inside you.”
― Annabel Joseph, Owning Wednesday

“For some sick reason, fighting with this woman always ended with her panties in my pocket.”
― Christina Lauren, Beautiful Bastard

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.”
― Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli