Anabella

“Is it better to speak or die?”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“Then the best part of him died, and he was even more difficult after that. [...]
“What was his best part?”
“His lover, Patroclus. He didn’t like me much, but then the good ones never do. Achilles went mad when he died; nearly mad, anyway.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“I spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo