LD

“Bridget responded by raising her eyebrows and letting the end of the sword make gentle contact with Gwen’s chin, lifting it ever so slightly as Gwen met Bridget’s gaze and tried to hold back a smile. “Stay down, and I’ll show you how to get back up again.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I didn’t say I was going to bed,” Arthur said petulantly. “I said I was leaving. If you assumed I was going to bed, that just demonstrates your utter lack of imagination.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I ran hot lead in the marrow of their bones, they will die of it.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

“She never knew that Mr. Laurence opened his study door to hear the old-fashioned airs he liked. She never saw Laurie mount guard in the hall to warn the servants away. She never suspected that the exercise books and new songs which she found in the rack were put there for her especial benefit,”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women