Emma Durr

“He said that even if he knew that the world was going to hell tomorrow, he’d plant an apple tree today.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“I knew you were out there somewhere,” I tell her, quirking a sad smile. “The girlfriends, women I dated, Cole’s mother…. I never wanted to marry anyone, because they weren’t what I was looking for. I had started to think I had my sights set too high, and you didn’t exist.” I clasp the back of her neck and run my thumbs down her throat. “Turns out my dream girl belongs to the one person it would kill me to hurt.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

“But we weren't ready to become adults. Someone should have stopped us.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People