Jasmine

“This is the part of traveling she hates the most, she thinks, as she adjusts her purse. Not the crowds, exactly, but the stark realization that she's just like everyone else.”
― Grant Ginder, The People We Hate at the Wedding

“She was just one person out of several billion, and most people never become individuals to us. They're just people. We're just strangers passing each other, your anxieties briefly brushing against mine as the fibers of our coats touch momentarily on a crowded sidewalk somewhere. We never really know what we do to each other, with each other, for each other.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Nothing permanent starts that way. It’s something you invite to stay.”
― Leylah Attar, The Night Blossoms

“...he was starting to suspect that perfect matches didn't actually exist, anyway--at least, not when two sentient people were involved.”
― Grant Ginder, The People We Hate at the Wedding