Sofia Li

“Widow Joyner is repacking a trunk with clean clothes when I return. She looks up as I approach, and her expectant smile instantly disappears. “What happened?” “The reverend and I had a theological disagreement that ended in a permanent schism.” “So . . . no congratulations are in order?”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“it’s not our place to question God’s will, and it is clearly God’s will that the two of us become man and wife.” It’s a testament to my fine character that I don’t smash that Bible right into his nose. “You wouldn’t know God’s will if it tipped its hat and said howdy.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger

“So Bodee is a friend, I say firmly, a best friend. My honesty with the girl surprises me. But Bodee is right where I love him, in the room down the hall up the stairs from mine. Dinner instead of a dinner date. A hand to hold instead of lips to kiss. He’s my fort, my sanctuary. And I won’t do anything to jeopardize this.”
― Courtney C. Stevens, Faking Normal

“Men can be relentless," she agrees, "when they think a woman belongs to them.”
― Rae Carson, Walk on Earth a Stranger