Alice

“he could never share the hurt, because it would cloud their eyes and some part of them would wonder what he had done to deserve it.”
― Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo

“Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.”
― Arthur Miller, The Crucible

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

“When I left my village, it was like I took a step with my right foot and, by the time my left foot came to join it, four years had passed.”
― Xiaolu Guo, Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth