Despina

“You make my life worth something. And I can promise you with my entire body that you will never be alone. Every day, you can wake up and go to bed knowing there is someone whose heart is bursting, barely able to contain how much they love you. I know you’re my niece, Frances. But you have always, too, been mine.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“Well, we are the stars", Joan said. "And the stars are us. Every atom in our bodies was once out there. Was once a part of them. To look at the night sky is to look at pars of who you once were, who you may one day be.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“my mom said that if I was going to be proud of myself for being generous, that I had to do it even when it meant I might lose something. She said, ‘You have to have something on the line, for it to be called character.’ ”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“Space belonged to no one, but Earth belonged to all of them.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere