Luce

“Nothing before you counts," he said. "And I can't even imagine an after."

She shook her head. "Don't."

"What?"

"Don't talk about after."

"I just meant that... I want to be the last person who ever kisses you, too.... That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I'm trying to say is, you're it. This is it for me.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“It's a poem, for crying out loud! The beauty of poetry is that it can mean different things to different people at different times. But you know they're expecting one specific, so-called correct answer, and any other thoughtful response will be counted off. It's wrong to dissect poetry like this!”
― Wendy Higgins, Sweet Evil

“There was nothing healthy about desperately wanting something you couldn't have.”
― Wendy Higgins, Sweet Evil

“Why are roses kept for their blossoms rather than shunned for their thorns?”
― J. Aleksandr Wootton, Her Unwelcome Inheritance