Constance

“I'm in love with you," he said quietly.

"Augustus," I said.

"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“And I realize now that that was . . . that’s the best way to love someone. Hold them close, know that you’re loved, let it wash over you”
― Esther Earl, This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

“Just be happy, and if you can't be happy, do things that make you happy. Or do nothing with the people that make you happy.”
― Esther Earl, This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons