Jais jaya

“Finding Akiva's door still closed, Liraz gave a chuff of derision and didn't knock but only crashed it open and glared at the sight that greeted them. Akiva and Karou, eyes bleary with desire, facing each other on a stone slab and touching, hands to hearts... "Well," Liraz said, her voice as dry as the rest of her was not. "At least you still have your clothes on.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“It was not a happy ending but a happy middle--at last, after so many fraught beginnings.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“The nickname had irritated and pleased her at the same time. It made her feel foolish, but she was aware that in renaming her he had claimed her somehow, already made her his own.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

“Liraz snorted, caught off guard, and the tension between them ebbed away. "I'm sorry if my almost dying interrupted your almost kissing.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters