River

“He wanted to tell Shane that the closest he felt to home was when he was with him. It didn’t matter if it was in a hotel room, or Ilya’s apartment, or at that weird hideout building Shane bought in Montreal, or here at Shane’s cottage; he was himself when he was with Shane. He’d left Russia, he was uneasy in America, and he’d spent his entire adult life drifting between continents and between lovers.”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“We all float through space on a rock, hurtling toward forever. So many of us forget that it's other people who make life worth living. As much as we like to think so, we can't do this alone. Everyone needs someone. Maybe not all the time, but enough that it matters.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“You said that that’s what the universe is. Luck and happenstance. There’s no fate, no destiny. Sometimes it is horrible, devastating. But sometimes, it could lead to a life we couldn’t have predicted. A good life, even if it hurts. Out of everything in the universe, what were the chances that we’d find each other the way we did?”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“You love someone long enough, their bodies become comfort, a home in blood and bone.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright