Kerry

“The nature of hope is curious to me. It can sustain us through the darkest of times. It can buoy us above every reasonable expectation of despair. Yet hope can shatter us just as readily as the darkness can. People refer to it as false hope, but I think that’s misleading, because the feeling itself is painfully true. It is a treacherous hope, more precisely. A dangerous one.”
― Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor

“There are certain people in this world who have the ability to make you feel as if you’re the only person in the universe who matters to them.”
― Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor

“I love you," Kathryn said simply.
"I like hearing you say that." Chakotay smiled.
"Good," Kathryn replied, resettling herself beside him, "because if we do this, we do it together.”
― Kirsten Beyer, The Eternal Tide

“Marriage is work, enormous work, because it’s a living entity that needs everlasting attention. It will push you and bend you and test you, and if you’re not prepared for any of that, it will shatter you.”
― Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor