#ya

I knew the woodsy fragrance that accompanied Reed was his natural scent. It was one of the many things that made him hard to resist. ↗

— Cherie Colyer

#ya #nature

Wait," I said as Noah slipped a book from a shelf and headed toward the door. "Where are you going?" "To read?" But I don't want you to. "But I need to go home," I said, my eyes meeting his. "My parents are going to kill me." "Taken care of. You're at Sophie's house." I loved Sophie. "So I'm...staying here?" "Daniel's covering for you." I loved Daniel. "Where's Katie?" I asked, trying to sound casual. "Eliza's house." I loved Eliza. "And your parents?" I asked. "Some charity thing." I loved charity. "So why are you going to read when I'm right here? ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#humor #mara-dyer #noah-shaw #sexy #ya

Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds. ↗

— William Sloane Coffin Jr.

#christianity #religion #religion-and-children #yale #religion

The point for me is to create relationships based on deeper and more real notions of trust. So that love becomes defined not by sexual exclusivity, but by actual respect, concern, commitment to act with kind intentions, accountability for our actions, and a desire for mutual growth. ↗

— Dean Spade

#love

Loyalty cannot be blueprinted. It cannot be produced on an assembly line. In fact, it cannot be manufactured at all, for its origin is the human heart -- the center of self-respect and human dignity. It is a force which leaps into being only when conditions are exactly right for it -- and it is a force very sensitive to betrayal. ↗

— Maurice Franks

#respect

People will think you're courting me.' 'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#hyacinth-bridgerton #respect

It ain't over 'til it's over. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#sports #truisms #yankees #sports

Everything...affects everything ↗

— Jay Asher

#teen #ya #teen

As a man, I instantly became aware of the gold in her hair, her height measured against mine, and how easily she'd fit in my arms. ~Ren ↗