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“Every muscle in my body turned to fire. My bones felt like they were melting. I wanted to scream, but I didn't have enough strength to open my mouth. I began to sink, lower and lower to the ground, the sky's weight crushing me. 'Fight back' Grover's voice said inside my head, 'Don't give up.' I concentrated on breathing. If I could just keep the sky aloft for a few more seconds. I thought about Bianca, who had given her life so we could get here. If she could do that, I could hold the sky”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Titans Curse: The Graphic Novel

“if it takes a million kisses for her not to think about the scars that surround her heart tattoo, then i’ll kiss her there a million and one times”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“So no, he didn’t give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity.”
― Jenny Han, We'll Always Have Summer

“I didn't know what to say to him. I loved Conrad and I probably always would. I would spend my life loving him one way or another. Maybe I would get married, maybe I would have a family, but it wouldn't matter, because a piece of my heart, the piece where summer lived, would always be Conrad's”
― Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty