Amélie

“She looks happy to me when she’s beside you.”

I laugh bitterly. “She looked real happy when she left.”

“She looked hurt. Hurt means she cares. It’s indifference that should scare you. The same look foster parents give you when you come and go.”
― Katie McGarry, Breaking the Rules

“Strip me bare, peel me apart, layer by layer, steal my heart,”
― Jessica Sorensen, Unraveling You

“threw the basketball at his face.” She winks at me. “I told you I got your back, dude.”
― Jessica Sorensen, Unraveling You

“Shattering hearts … it’s fitting.”
“They’re not shattering hearts, they’re kaleidoscope hearts,” I correct him.”
“What’s the different? You make them with broken pieces.”
… “The difference is that it’s already broken, but I use the pieces to rebuilt it. The difference is that the heart has a second chance, and maybe it’ll get broken again, but it’s already shattered, so maybe the fall won’t be as bad.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts