Michaela

“Pity those who don't feel anything at all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I'm scared I'll never feel this again with anyone else," I whisper.
He squeezes my hands. "I'm scared you will.”
― Colleen Hoover, Confess

“Are you mad at me too?” My voice sounded dead.
“Mad at you?” He seemed surprised by the question. “No,” he finally said. “I’m not mad at you.”
But he was still standing there, looking at me in a way I couldn’t describe but didn’t like. “Then what?”
“I’m scared of you,” he said, and left the room.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

“Isn't that what stories do, make real things fake, and fake things real?”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse