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“But María has known, all her life, that she is not meant for common paths, for humble houses and modest men. If she must walk a woman's road then it will take her somewhere new.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

“Confesar: nunca he deseado otra cosa que el amor. Y la literatura. La escritura ha servido para llenar el vacío, permitir decir y soportar el recuerdo (...) de todo lo que ha sido una historia de carne y amor.”
― Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost

“When something good happens to you at that age, you can’t settle with the notion that it’s a one-off. You want it to be the beginning of a tradition. That’s how I felt about that night: I wanted it already to be a memory, a foundational one, a first evening of many similar evenings. I wanted future nostalgia, a rear-view, years-old fondness for something that had literally just happened.”
― Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

“Your job doesn’t have to be your identity. It can just be a place you go, that doesn’t define you or make you miserable. You deserve to be happy, Harriet.” He brushes a strand of hair away from the curve of my jaw. “Everything’s better when you’re happy.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place