#isa

They had just showed up, Amatis had said. Which meant Simon had spent the entire night at Isabelle's. She stared at him. He didn't look any different. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #simon-lewis #clary-fray

All right. Are you going to come back? Do you want any soup?" "No," said Jace. "Do you think Hodge will want any soup?" "No one wants any soup." "I want some soup," Simon said. "No, you don't," said Jace. "You just want to sleep with Isabelle." Simon was appalled. "That is not true." "How flattering," Isabelle murmured into the soup, but she was smirking. "Oh, yes it is," said Jace. "Go ahead and ask her—then she can turn you down and the rest of us can get on with our lives while you fester in miserable humiliation." He snapped his fingers. "Hurry up, mundie boy, we've got work to do. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #simon-lewis #jace-wayland

She is too fond of books, and it has addled her brain. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#reading #louisa-may-alcott

Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not troubled herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#jo #law-of-contraries #secret #sisters #louisa-may-alcott

Josie, life is not a Mills and Boon book. People fall out of love. People disappoint other people and they find it very hard to forgive. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#disappoint #forgive #josephine #life #out-of-love

You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#historical-romance #lisa-kleypas #funny

He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons. ↗

— Vasily Grossman

#life

Life is all about balance. Since I have only one leg, I understand that well. ↗