Carly

“No, I don't miss you... Not in a way that one is missed.
But I think of you.
Sometimes.
In the way that one might think of the summer sunshine
On a winter night...”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“As Dante was watching me search the sky through the lens of a telescope, he whispered, "Someday, I'm going to discover all the secrets of the universe."
That made me smile. "What are you going to do with all those secrets, Dante?"
"I'll know what to do with them," he said. "Maybe change the world."
I believed him.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“One summer night I fell asleep hoping the world would be different when I woke. In the morning, when I opened my eyes, the world was the same.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“I liked the way he looked at me. I thought he was the kindest man in the world. Maybe everybody was kind. Maybe even my father. But Mr. Quintana was brave. He didn't care if the whole world knew he was kind. Dante was just like him.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe