“If you have the will to do something, and you keep at it, and you don't give up, you can do anything. And there's no greater will than the will to love who you want.”
― Frankly in Love
― Frankly in Love
“in the secret code of flowers, a rose of any sort signifies love.”
― The Case of the Missing Marquess
― The Case of the Missing Marquess
“Because unlike boys, girls turn inward. They hide. They adapt, even if it hurts. Because they are not screaming, people assume they do not suffer.”
― The Nowhere Girls
― The Nowhere Girls
“Yes, the world is broken. Yes, our leaders are often corrupt and it is difficult to trust them. Yes, we struggle to make ends meet while a few of the world’s richest men hoard enough wealth to house and feed all the starving people of the world. Bullies still seem to run things. The earth is getting sicker and sicker. This world is a hard, hard place to live. Yes to all these things.” She pauses just long enough for everyone to breathe. “But I want you to ask yourselves, is this broken world of ours worth saving?”
― The Nowhere Girls
― The Nowhere Girls
“Laughter is the music of the deep cosmos connecting all human beings that says all the things mere words cannot.”
― Frankly in Love
― Frankly in Love
Kalina’s 2025 Year in Books
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