#kel

We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need. ↗

— Marya Hornbacher

#bulimia #eating-disorders #skeletons #thin #teaching

When I glanced at the chair, it started to shake. I’d like to think it was scared of me, but I rarely invoked that response in living things, let alone inanimate objects. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#kelley-armstrong #stolen #responsibility

I thought you were all-seeing.” All-knowing, not all-seeing!” he snapped. “I’m a God, not Santa Claus! ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#jaime-vegas #kelley-armstrong #magic

Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#kel #kill

Screw caution," Tori said. "I'm outta here." We looked at her. "Well, I am. As long as someone comes with me." We kept looking at her. She sighed. "Fine, but when everything goes to hell, just remember, I get to blame you guys, because I wanted to leave right away. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#chloe #derek #kelley #reckoning #tori

Just one time before I turn into the villain of this piece, just one time before I become the fourth and final Unseelie prince, I want to be her Highlander. And her hero. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#karen-marie-moning

My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue! ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#keladry-of-mindelan #nealan #squire #fame

You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart." "And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#neal #reflection

I poked my stomach covertly. It still seemed pretty lean to me. Obviously, I wasn’t built like a supermodel, but all the swimming and workouts were keeping me trim enough. Kishan took my hand, squeezed it, and brushed a kiss on my fingers before setting it back onto my lap. I smiled at him in gratitude. ↗

— Colleen Houck

#kishan #gratitude

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here. ↗

— Alice Walker

#because #berkeley #feel #happy #here