Lore & Lust Quotes

“You two are gorgeous together, like perfect bookends. Sunlight and moonlight. Jupiter and Mars… Mercutio and Romeo.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“Everything about Haruka registers as cool and refreshing. As if nature has uniquely cultivated him from its most beautiful elements—spring rain, the starry midnight skies and roses in full bloom.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“Simple words are inadequate—useless in painting the exquisite masterpiece that is Nino’s essence. Maybe if he tried in Latin, or arranged a new language entirely?”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“He turns his head to look down at Haruka sitting on the ornate rug in the middle of the floor. A disarray of books and notes spirals outward from his position—he is the eye of an academic hurricane. Haruka holds a black mug of steaming coffee in one hand while with the other he casually flips through a reference book on qualitative data analysis.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“Nino hangs up the phone and beams in his warm, open way. “Good morning.” “Good morning,” Haruka says. “A friend of yours?” Nino wears a look of confusion, then glances to his right at a medieval suit of armor. “This thing?” “No.” Haruka holds back a laugh. “On the phone, Nino.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust

“the sensation is akin to sunlight breaking through a dark, overcast sky.”
― Karla Nikole, Lore & Lust