Annissa

“I love you,' he says, and Addie wonders if this is love, this gentle thing.
If it is meant to be this soft, this kind.
The difference between heat, and warmth.
Passion, and contentment.
'I love you, too,' she says.
She wants it to be true.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“How strange, the winding way a dream comes true.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“I won't do it, Kya, because I love you." Love. There was nothing about the word she understood.
"When, then, if not now? When can we?"
"Just not yet."
They were quiet for a moment, and then she asked, "How did you know what to do?" Head down, shy again.
"The same way you did.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“And yet, you are unmarried?”
“No,” she says, “I confess, I do not want a master, and I’ve yet to find an equal.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue