shreyas ★彡

“There was an inevitability about their road towards one another which encouraged meandering along the route.”
― Zadie Smith

“The sable queen butted my shin imperiously with her head, and I obediently began petting her. Her purr was extravagant, a tremendous noise from such a small and delicate-looking creature. It changed nothing, but, for that long moment, until she turned her head and caught my hand gently between her teeth, it made me feel better, as if all problems were inherently solvable, as if no answer I chose would be wrong.”
― Katherine Addison, The Grief of Stones

“I don’t think doing a difficult thing and being happy are mutually exclusive, Gabriel. I think you could both have some of the things you want, if you’re brave enough to ask for them.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“When there was but a gray speck of his heart left, he bent down and kissed her again, briefly, a brush of lips. A grain of dust may contain a universe inside, and it was the same for him. Within that gray speck there lived his love and he gave it to Casiopea, for her to see. He'd fallen in love slowly and quietly, and it was a quiet sort of love, full of phrases left unsaid, laced with dreams. He had imagined himself a man for her, and he allowed her to see the extent of this man, and he gave her this speck of heart, which was a man, to hold for a moment before taking it back the second before it faded.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow