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“how can we appreciate the sun every morning if we don’t live through the dark?”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“Zahra’s it for me. I know it with everything in me, and my intuition has never been wrong before. There’s nothing in the world I’ll find more beautiful than her. Not the sun. Not the moon. Not even the entire galaxy compares to the light she radiates wherever she goes.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“Please take your time
and take it slowly;
as all you do
will run its course.

And nothing else
can take what only—
was always meant
as solely yours.”
― Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

“Life's too short to hide who you are because you're afraid of getting hurt.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“Meant to Be

If they were meant to be in your life, nothing cover ever make them leave. If they weren't, nothing in the world could make them stay.”
― Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

“Take Back Your Power

Greet the world with no expectation.
Love as though you have never been hurt or betrayed.
Let go of the ones who take so much from you
yet offer nothing in return.

This is how you take back your power.”
― Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

“An Impossible Ideal

Men don’t compare us
with other women.
They compare us
to an ideal.”
― Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

“Sea of Strangers

In a sea of strangers,
you’ve longed to know me.
Your life spent sailing
to my shores.

The arms that yearn
to someday hold me,
will ache beneath
the heavy oars.

Please take your time
and take it slowly;
as all you do
will run its course.

And nothing else
can take what only—
was always meant
as solely yours.”
― Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

“After all this time, my love for you burns constant and true, my guiding light, my morning star. Time is testament to the relentless, unyielding power of this old, ancient love. A love I will carry with me, from eons to oceans to inches, back to you.”
― Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

“There are three stages of waking:
Remembering who you are.
Forgetting what you dreamt.
Letting go of what you felt in that dream.”
― Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

“Don't waste your time obsessing over stupid actions of stupid people”
― Elle Kennedy, The Mistake

“Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Deal

“From what I understood, love was an extreme idea. A word that seemed to force something undefinable into the prison of letters. But the word was used so easily, so often. People spoke of love so casually, just to mean the slightest pleasure or thanks.”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond

“Books took me to places I could never go otherwise. They shared the confessions of people I'd never met and lives I'd never witnessed. The emotions I could never feel, and the events I hadn't experienced could all be found in those volumes.”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond

“Maybe understanding a language is like understanding the expressions and emotions of other people.”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond

“Once you repeat the same word over and over, there comes a time when its meaning fades.”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond

“We’ve waited a long time for this. I want the real thing. Not the watered-down version. And the real thing is not only beautiful. It is also ugly. I want your truth.”
― L.J. Shen, Vicious

“I loved her when I hated her. And I loved her when I didn’t want anything to do with her. I was so crazy about her, the lines had blurred together. Feelings were mixed, emotions twisted together.”
― L.J. Shen, Vicious

“In Japanese culture, the significance of the cherry blossom tree dates back hundreds of years. The cherry blossom represents the fragility and magnificence of life. It’s a reminder of how beautiful life is, almost overwhelmingly so, but that it is also heartbreakingly short.



As are relationships.



Be wise. Let your heart lead the way. And when you find someone who’s worth it—never let them go.”
― L.J. Shen, Vicious

“Maybe love is a risk, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take and as you said, it’s not a choice. I never thought I would, never thought I could love someone like that but I fell in love with you. I fought it. It’s the first battle I didn’t mind losing.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it's like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you're just clutching air and grit.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“People come in and out of your life. For a time they are your world; they are everything. And then one day they’re not. There’s no telling how long you will have them near.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“There’s a Korean word my grandma taught me. It’s called jung. It’s the connection between two people that can’t be severed, even when love turns to hate. You still have those old feelings for them; you can’t ever completely shake them loose of you; you will always have tenderness in your heart for them.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“The best people all have some kind of scar.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“Maybe part of fighting the unhappiness in this world is to seize happiness when we can.”
― Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei

“Why give me honey when you knew my future was diabetic?”
― Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984