Vidi

“When you are standing all alone,” she whispered, “the people who notice—those are the people who stand by your side. Those are the people who love you.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“You're allowed to want the romance parts without the sex parts. Or the sex parts without the romance parts. All of those feelings are valid. You're deserving of a relationship in whatever form you want it.”
― Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive

“I don't think happily ever after is something that happens to you, Dev. I think it's something you choose to do for yourself.”
― Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive

“So much of me died. It took me a long time to feel alive again. Life, Ari, can be an ugly thing. But life can be so incredibly beautiful. It’s both. And we have to learn to hold the contradictions inside us without despairing, without losing our hope.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World