Amanda

“Was Bennett based on anyone?"
"What do you think?"
He nodded, smiling a little. "Thought so. Christ, he was awful."
I looked at him. "Misunderstood, I'd say. Easy to hate a guy like that without taking the time to understand him.”
― Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

“You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“Do you hate me?" I asked.
He frowned and shifted forward, closer, and held open his arms. I went into them and let him hold me.
"You know I don't. Jude, sometimes you're so fucking childlike, it scares me a little." He said, "I think I hate the person who hurt you, but then I remember that he was a child too.”
― Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

“His unabashed smile lit him up. “Oh my god, that was incredible.”
Water droplets slid down his cheeks. His eyelashes clumped together, forming starry spikes.
The simple joy on his face.
This time there was no force on earth that could stop me crowding into his space so I could kiss his smile.”
― Jax Calder, Playing Offside