M.

“I picked up the nearest weapon I could lay my hands on: a stapler. I lifted it, going for “menacing.” I admit it lacked a certain elegance, but hey. It was worth a shot. David placed his hand on my arm and pushed it back down.
“What?”
“Just . . . that’s embarrassing for all of us,” he replied.”
― Rachel Hawkins, Rebel Belle

“Every hero is the villain of his own story.”
― Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

“Hello, luv," he says through a thick curtain of blue hair. "Hope I'm...interrupting.”
― A.G. Howard, Unhinged

“Morpheus places his hand on Jeb's busy fingers, eyes opened to slits. "Ah, my pretty pseudo elf." He takes labored breath. "is it time at last to express our unrequited feelings?”
― A.G. Howard, Unhinged