#bell

My fingers combed through my dark hair, short and straight, landing in choppy, uneven ends nearly level with my chin. The color reminded me of every evil character in any fairytale. It seemed all were characteristically black; black hair, black eyes, black clothing, black demeanors, and black intent. I never thought I was truly a villainous character, not like I knew my father to be, but I was his offspring and devoid of any princess-like characteristics, so that left only the wicked side of the story to play. In my dreams, though, I imagined myself more like Snow White - wavy, raven hair, a perfectly fair complexion, bathed in rose scents, and exhibiting a natural feminine grace that would dance musical circles around both Ginger and Elizabeth. No, I never hoped for such a thing to be real, but I dared to pretend it with perfect clarity in my dreams. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#black #dandelions #richelle #richelle-goodrich #wishful-thinking

Dear Alec and Magnus, How are you? Everything's just fine here. Thanks for you postcard with the picture of the Taj Mahal. It looks nice. Disregard my last few postcards. I see I overdid it. To make it up to you, I'm going to redecorate Magnus's loft for free. -Izzy ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #magnus-bane #postcards #magnus-bane

Maybe it’s NOT Maybelline. Maybe you were just born with it. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#beautiful #beauty #being-yourself #confidence #inner-beauty

Isabelle snorted, "All the boys are guy. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon." "You noticed," said Simon. "I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual," added Magnus. "Please never say those words in front of my parents," said Alec. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#bisexual #cassandra-clare #city-of-lost-souls #funny #gay

If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it. ↗

— Criss Jami

#belief #controversial #controversy #debating #difference

From one bell all the bells toll. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #god #literature #literature-quotes #poems

She frowned. “I did nothing to arouse you.” He clenched his jaw, his stare growing more aggressive. “You breathed. ↗

— Shayla Black

#doomsday-brethren #ice #love #sabelle #love

She made an impatient noise. "By the Angel, you don't know anything about your kid, do you? Do you even really know how vampires are made?" "Well, when a mommy vampire and a daddy vampire love each other very much ... ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #funny #humor #isabelle-lightwood #simon-lewis

What happened to you?" she asked. "I got hit in the side." "With what?" "A knife. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#black-dagger-brotherhood #phury #black-dagger-brotherhood

Alice! You know I love you like a sister!" "Words." she growled. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#bella-swan #humor #love #twilight #vampires