“When you love someone,” he said haltingly, “. . . you want to make this world look different for them. To give all the ugly stuff meaning, and amplify the good. That’s what you do. For your readers. For me. You make beautiful things, because you love the world, and maybe the world doesn’t always look how it does in your books, but . . . I think putting them out there, that changes the world a little bit. And the world can’t afford to lose that.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“That’s the key to marriage. You have to keep falling in love with every new version of each other, and it’s the best feeling in the whole world.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“He tastes like cheap alcohol and contradictions, but it is still hands-down the best kiss of my life.”
― The Unhoneymooners
― The Unhoneymooners
“I spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“The only way to learn is to live.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
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