˗ˏˋ mitja ´ˎ˗

“No story ever ends, does it? It just leads into others.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“He had found refuge in imagining a lover who would catch him up in a bearlike hug and promise instead, "this is enough. This is more than enough, and I love you for you, and I want you happy." He had imagined, in every iteration, ricocheting joy and tears and a relief so strong he could no breathe.”
― Elizabeth Wambheim, More Than Enough

“And I felt myself flow toward him, as a river rushes when the ice breaks up.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Ladies and Gentlemen, meet my glow-in-the-dark boyfriend.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero