Tonka

“And this last year I also realized there are different kinds of love. There’s the dreamy kind you always thought you wanted and then there’s the steady one you never understood but the second you let yourself feel it…it’s nothing like you could have imagined in your wildest dreams.”
― K.L. Kreig, Black Swan Affair

“You are my greatest virtue and my deepest vice.”
― Sylvain Reynard, The Raven

“Just keep her laughing,” Doug said. “When a woman laughs, her eyes are closed more. She won’t notice how ugly you are.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“What did you call me?"

"Ah. A chuisle. Gaelic. 'My darling'. I prefer the proper translation, mind you."

"Which is?"

He gave a bashful smile. "My pulse.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man