Carissa

“Goodbye, darling, would I could leave you with something, some little thing...'
'You leave me with all I'll ever need,' she said softly. There was resignation in her voice. 'You leave me with some hours that other women must make up or read about in stories.”
― Anne Rice, Violin

“Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain.”
― André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name

“River was one of those magical people who slept like a woodland creature or someone under a fairy spell. Sweet and pretty and quiet, with glossy eyelids and mouth in a soft pout.”
― April Genevieve Tucholke, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

“It was better that he was gone, better that he was out of my life. I knew that, logically. What I felt, though, deep, deep down in the darkest dark of my heart, was that I didn't give a damn if River was evil. I still liked him. Maybe I even kind of loved him.”
― April Genevieve Tucholke, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea