Paula

“Mom, why didn't anybody tell me that love hurts so much?"
"If I had told you, would it have changed anything?”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Why? Was it—was it bad?" The words tumble out of my lips before I can stop them, like water gushing from a broken dam. I hate that this is always my first instinct: self-doubt, anxiety, the nagging feeling that I did something wrong.”
― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

“God, I've missed him. I somehow still do, even though he's standing right in front of me.”
― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

“You matter more to the universe than you will ever know.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World