Julia

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome.
"Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?"
I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This," I said. And then I kissed him.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart.”
― Christina Westover

“Clay smiled like a man who’d won first place in a “Whose Life Sucks the Most” contest.”
― Nicholas Eames, Kings of the Wyld

“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.”
― Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby