Celina

“Does the world really need another long essay on environmental archaeology and freshwater mollusks? Well, it's going to get one, whether it likes it or not.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit

“he took heed of a quote from Catch-22: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― James Rollins, Kingdom of Bones

“brushes his mouth against the corner of mine, and Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, it takes every ounce of the not-inconsiderable restraint I’ve spent years exercising around Percy not to rip all my clothes off right then, passersby be damned. But I am nothing if not a gentleman, and a gentleman does not take his trousers off in a public place, particularly if the great love of his life is asking him to refrain.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

“He understood immediately, and asked, ‘What about the fire the dragon is breathing?’ I said it was the same fire that burns inside everyone who is being trampled on. The same fire that can turn us into ashes and waste, but which sometimes, if some old fool like Holger spots us, plays chess with us and talks to us and just takes an interest, can become something totally different: a force which allows us to strike back.”
― David Lagercrantz, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye