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“Right, because the goal is immortality,” I joke. “It’s permanence,” he says. “Not, like, having your name on the side of a fucking airplane or skyscraper, or some shit like that. But bringing something intangible into the world that can live on without you. Something bigger than the person who made it. And even then, the goal is secondary to the process. The process is for us. It changes us in ways that can’t be measured. At least, that’s what I’ve always thought.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“how many lifetimes more would you wait? For your Harriet?” My frustration leaves me in a rush. I’m suddenly exhausted. Tired to my very bones. “As many as it took,” I answer. “However long.” “Good answer,” Matilda says from her cozy armchair.”
― B.K. Borison, Good Spirits

“I drowned in the ocean once and I think I could just as easily drown in Harriet.”
― B.K. Borison, Good Spirits

“I have you forever, Summer. If those words come tomorrow or ten years from now, I’ll still be here to hear them. I love you enough for the both of us.”
― Bal Khabra, Collide