The truth—that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
“Here we are, on the losing end of an interstellar war, with our world slowly falling apart around us, and I’m excited about going to see my girlfriend for a day or two. We may have gone from oar-powered galleys to half-kilometer starships in the span of two thousand years, but some things about humanity seem to be a universal constant, no matter the era.”
― Lines of Departure
― Lines of Departure
“She gave herself over to the sensations of the kiss, let it become the whole of her universe, and knew finally how it felt to be enough for someone.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Some stories don’t have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“The smile he gave her was barely one at all. “We are all fragile, Isabelle. It’s the thing we learn in war.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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