noorthebookworm

“The two years between them was nothing. They squabbled over the same dolls, competed for the same Oreos, memorized the same cartoon openings. Calla was his equal - why was she in charge, exactly? And the things they squabbled over, Christ, it could be a stick. Anything Calla had claimed, Dre took an interest in. Like she made things have value when she touched them.”
― Neena Viel, Listen to Your Sister

“In all of her time spent watching others, she hadn't picked up on this part of falling in love, that someone could look at you as if you were the very center of everything. And even though you knew better, you'd allow yourself a moment to believe you were worthy of being revolved around, too.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“You know when you look into someone's eyes for the first time and the whole world breaks apart and you just think, 'Of course, of course, this is what I've been waiting for all this time”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

“Our memories of places, much like people, are subject to our own adaptation process. Once the active living is done, and they pass into memory, we assume control of the narrative. We adapt it, sometimes without meaning to.”
― Julia Whelan, My Oxford Year