Annissa

“She wasn't sure she could speak. She wanted him to take her again to the place.. In case he never came back, she wanted him to take her there now.
"I'm going to miss you, Kya. Every day, all day."
"You might forget me."
"I will never forget you. Ever. You take care of the marsh till I get back, you hear? And be careful."
"I will."
"I mean it now, Kya. Watch out for folks; don't let strangers get near you.. I'll come home... I'll be back before you know it.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing / American Dirt

“It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn … who can be ill-natured and bad-tempered when they encounter neither opposition nor indifference?”
― Emily Brontë

“It's been four years,' she says, wincing at the anger in her voice, too close to need.
'Four years is nothing. A breath. A blink.'
'And yet, you come tonight.'
'I know your heart, my dear. I feel when it falters.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“attraction can look an awful lot like recognition in the wrong light.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue