ness

“But the spell didn't work. I keep losing blood. I can't have much left to lose. And it's bleeding again, and it won't stop. I'm frightened...'
'Lyra doesn't think you are.'
'Doesn't she?'
'She thinks you're the bravest fighter she ever saw, as brave as Iorek Byrnison."
'I suppose I better try not to seem frightened, then,' Will said. He was quiet for a minute or so, and then he said, 'I think Lyra's braver than me. I think she's the best friend I ever had.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“Immakuk and Ennikar." He said.

"Where?" I snapped my head around to scan the dock, and he nudged me with his elbow.

"Idiot. Us."

"Oh. Of Course.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Thick as Thieves

“There's something so comforting in the ability to be wordlessly petty with someone, in knowing that as soon as you have a closed door between the two of you and the rest of the world, you can share all your least attractive thoughts.”
― Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

“I’m not picky. I’m particular. I care about quality. I like nice things. And it’s been perfectly clear to me for weeks that whatever happened between us was not going to lack for quality.”
“Has it, now?”
“Yes,” Mark says, poking Eddie in his chest. It’s like poking a wall. “And you don’t need to look so smug about it.”
“Oh, I beg to differ. I need to look exactly this smug about it. My dick just got called quality.”
― Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky