Book Hoarding Dragonborn

“People abandoned one another constantly without performing the courtesy of of actually disappearing. They left, but didn't, lurking about, a constant reminder of what could or should have been.”
― Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, The Nest

“And now she had run into an emptiness more final than any words of rejection. He was gone and would make himself a stranger to her for ever.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

“Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Being abandoned is awful but saying 'don't leave me' is even worse.”
― Aya Sakyo, クロネコ彼氏のアソビ方 [Kuroneko Kareshi no Asobikata]