#gemma

I made it," you said, gruffly, "for you." You shoved it onto my finger. It was roughly carved, shaped from a lump of something colourful and cold...a ring made entirely from a gemstone. It was beautiful. It glinted emerald greens and blood reds over my skin, and had tiny flecks of gold catching the light. I couldn't stop staring at it. "Why?" I asked. You didn't answer that. Instead you touched the ring gently and looked piercingly at me, unsaid questions in your eyes. ↗

— Lucy Christopher

#lucy-christopher #ring #stolen #ty #beauty

What do you feel? I’ve never been asked this question once. None of us has. We aren’t supposed to feel. We’re British. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #inspiration #beauty

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it. ↗

— Libba Bray

#details #gemma-doyle #libba-bray #truth #beauty

I'm an oddity of one, my strangeness too complicated to explain or share. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #individuality #libba-bray #quirks #uniqueness

I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I've got to think. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #libba-bray #thinking #using-your-brain #beauty

Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again," I say, cheerily. "It's sitting in plain view on your chair in the great hall. I do hope that was the best place for it. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #humor #libba-bray #revenge #beauty

I'm going to eviscerate you and leave your organs on a pike in the yard as a warning to those who wear large jewelry. ↗

— Libba Bray

#felicity-worthington #gemma-doyle #humor #libba-bray #beauty

You smiled then, and your whole face changed with it. It kind of lit up, like there were sunbeams coming from inside you. ↗

— Lucy Christopher

#smile #stolen #ty #change

When did this story morph? When did it change from a tale of two to a tragedy of three? ↗

— Ella Frank

#change