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“The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, "is that it makes us weak.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Mas e o amor? O que é senão um monte de gostar? Gostar de falar, gostar de tocar, gostar de cheirar, gostar de ouvir, gostar de olhar. Gostar de se abandonar no outro. O amor não passa de um gostar de muitos verbos ao mesmo tempo.”
― Carla Madeira, Tudo é rio

“I read once that sunflowers always orient themselves to face the sun. That’s what being near Charlie Lastra is like for me. There could be a raging wildfire racing toward me from the west and I’d still be straining eastward toward his warmth.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“I’m too busy trying not to be in love with someone who isn’t real.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda