Isabel

“Don't get me wrong: I thought your father was cute. But what made me love him was an accumulation of so many things over the years—conversations, small gestures, jokes. He was interested in everything I had to say. He wanted me to achieve my goals as badly as I did. My love for him was like a bucket sitting out in the rain, slowly collecting water, drop by drop, until one day, it was spilling over." She shrugs. "He was my partner. The person I wanted near me for the good times and when it felt like the world was falling apart.”
― Carley Fortune, Our Perfect Storm

“He makes me better. Stronger. Braver. Happier. He doesn’t ask me to blend into the walls or change the color of my hair. He sees me for me.”
― Devney Perry, Rites of the Starling

“When a community is built on removing access to information—from disempowering its people—there is no one to save them when a bigger threat rises.”
― Sheila Masterson, The Poison Daughter

“Can you love someone whose name you don’t even know?” “Keep your name; I’ll give you mine”
― Elise Kova, Prince of Swords