Sammy

“Bel,” she said helplessly, around the fire in her throat. “Queen of ducks and angels. You shall have poems written to you with a quill on fire. You shall have songs sung to you by enchanted harps. Whole branches of grammar will be invented only to praise you.” “Ysabel Hawthorn,” she said, and she could not keep the heat from her voice, “demand better than to be worshipped by a crumb.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, The River Has Roots

“I'd like to look back on my life and remember every single thing. But if I don't, I hope I remember that it was a love story. And that the love story was about you.”
― Abby Jimenez, Say You'll Remember Me

“Grief is just a love song in reverse.”
― Ashley Poston, Sounds Like Love

“Love isn’t something you can cup in your hands, and I have to believe that means it’s something that can’t ever be lost.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life