Like most men, he’d liked her passion when he was the cause of it, but her own passion, passion that had nothing to do with him, was dismissed as foolishness.
White Ivy by Susie Yang
Category: Quotes
If Petrea was a sweltering bonfire, then Camilline was the steady, comfortable glow of its embers after a long night.
Marilia, The Warlord by Morgan Cole
Fiery love
It reminds me of my mother once saying that you can’t tell men about your unfixable problems, because they’ll want to fix them and not being able to do so fries their wiring.
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Google
Fixing
“I’m not rich, Lena, and I can’t help that I’m white. You don’t get to blame me for something I can’t control.”
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I’m Not Dying With You Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kimberley Jones
Why not, Becky? You people blame me for being born black every single day!”
Black and white
…but the fact that people only want to support Rossum when it’s convenient? That’s legit. Oh, sure, let’s canvass . . . when we have time. Resist white supremacy— as long as it doesn’t interfere with our super chill weekend. I’m not saying I’m perfect. I’m as guilty as anyone. But at least I’m trying.
Yes No Maybe So by Aisha Saeed & Becky Albertelli
Current state of things
“When you share a last name with Dunkin’ Donuts, that’s where your loyalty goes.”
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
“Your last name is Donuts?” I reply like a complete idiot, a split second before I realize my obvious mistake.
“My last name is Duncan, Naomi.”
The first laugh
That’s why they call it [drugs] a “fix”—you’re chasing an alternate reality, a world in which whatever happened to fuck you up is erased, fixed.
Craigslist Confessional by Helena Dea Bala
Fixer-upper
Finally, almost a decade ago today, he came up to me and told me he was getting clean or he was dying, and that if I wanted to be with him, I had to help him live. Who would have thought it, huh, that a great love story could be behind all of this?
Craigslist Confessional by Helena Dea Bala
From unexpected places
I marveled at the generosity of those humans who performed intimate services for others.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Kindness in a career
Real men don’t just knit. They cry their eyes out too.
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
