Samantha

“For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.”
― Halldór Laxness

“Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"

I raise my eyebrows.

She raises hers, too, mimicking me.

"The moments that don't suck," she says. "The trick is to notice them when they come around.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
― Francesco Petrarca

“I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant