Ali

“People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“Whatever happens, love that.”
― Maddie Dawson, Matchmaking for Beginners

“You know, we’re so damned afraid that talking about the ones we’ve lost will hurt us as much as losing them did. So we just stop talking about them. But that’s when we truly lose them.”
― Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars

“Love is light—only fully realized when it is reflected. It was never meant to be kept.”
― Stephanie Catudal, Everything All at Once: A Memoir