Allison > Allison's Quotes

“Who am I to deny gravity, Aurora? When you shine brighter than any constellation in the sky?”
― Jay Kristoff, Aurora Rising

“I still have a lot to figure out, but the one thing I know is, wherever you are, that’s where I belong. I’ll never belong anywhere like I belong with you.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“I don't think I knew I was lonely until I met you.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“Because even if you hate me, Roma Montagov, I still love you.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“Do you not listen to me when I speak?” he answered shakily, his lip quirking up. “I love you. I have always loved you.”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Zweisamkeit’ is the feeling of being alone even when you’re with other people.” Simon turned to look in his husband’s eyes. “Before I met you, I felt this constantly. I felt it with my family, my friends, and every boyfriend I ever had. I felt it so often that I thought this was the nature of living. To be alive was to accept that you were fundamentally alone.” Simon’s eyes were moist. “I know I’m impossible, and I know you don’t care about German words or marriage. All I can say is, I love you and thank you for marrying me anyway.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“There were smart people, yes. There were people with whom you might have a decent conversation for twenty minutes. But to find someone who you wanted to talk to for 609 hours—that was rare. Even Marx—Marx was devoted, creative, and bright, but he was not Sadie.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“You were my first hope that there might be something else...A third category of memory. A future separate from the past. I have spent years thinking that if I just do the right thing, then I can go back to how it used to be. But maybe I don't want that anymore.”
― Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune