Shan

“I miss you."
"That's stupid," she said. "I saw you this morning."
"It's not the time," Levi said, and she could hear that he was smiling." It's the distance.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“I might have felt better if he were dead, I thought, since behind every memory of him was the possibility of reconciling, and thus more heartbreak and indignity. I felt weak.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“Why can't you see that I wouldn't be happy anywhere without you?”
― Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son

“I would rather burn by her side than live without her.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus