Ally

“I wonder if maybe all you do is meet people & lose them & your smile fades the further you go because you have to carry the space they leave. Maybe it all turns to old pictures on a bookshelf, engaged rings, memories of sticking stars to a ceiling & maybe the space gets bigger & heavier every year.”
― Allison Larkin, The People We Keep

“The best way to keep your heart from getting broken is not to get your hopes up in the first place.”
― Allison Larkin, The People We Keep

“We don’t take from the world what we can’t give back to it.”
― Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

“It’s not your job to make me happy, okay? You can’t make anyone happy. I’m happy just because you exist, and that’s as much of my happiness as you have control over.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation