Dawn Rouvray

“That some things are a gift, even if you don’t get to keep them.’ There was a silence before he spoke again. ‘Maybe just to know that something this beautiful exists is all we can really ask for.”
― Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars

“wherever you are. Whatever wonderful world you find yourself in now. Wherever that fiery heart is, that quick wit, that disabling charm. Know that I love you. For the brief lifetime that we knew each other, I loved you”
― Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

“Think of something happy. Like chasing after whales or winning an argument against a tortoise.” We clearly had different ideas of happiness”
― Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes

“It hits him like a draught of water when he didn’t realise he was thirsty, like the first drag of a cigarette or the first mouthful of a Martini. He smiles back. For maybe half a second the world hangs immobile, the space between them singing.”
― Bridget Collins, The Betrayals