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“Love is like that sometimes. We call it a burning, liken it to embers and flames, but often it is something less consuming. Like moon phases, waxing and waning, even disappearing entirely. But when that moon is full—oh, when it is full. It shines, and it shines, and it shines.”
― Natasha Siegel, The Phoenix Bride

“The problem with so many people you encounter in life is that they're being the version of themselves they think they should be rather than the person they actually are.”
― Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

“There’s a Twilight Zone episode, “Time Enough at Last,” about a book-lover desperate for more time so he can do nothing but read. He gets his wish; he’s the lone survivor of a global nuclear holocaust and ends up at a library with a lifetime’s worth of intact books. He’s excitedly sorting through them when his glasses fall off and shatter, leaving him unable to read.”
― Angie Kim, Happiness Falls

“I don't just hang around with people. Especially strangers.

The woman pulls another face. "Then they will always be strangers if you never hang out with them. Never friends.”
― Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife