Finlay Lunn

“The glint does not come from a living being, but from an antique pocket watch - eighteen-carat gold encased with mother of pearl, engraved with the lines from a poem:

"Arriving there is what you are destined for,
But do not hurry the journey at all..."

And there on the back are two letters, or more precisely, the same letter written twice:

Y & Y”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“His was the first male sex I held in my hand, other than my own. My first kiss was the one he gave me. My first embrace, skin against skin, was with him.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

“She was blooming and thriving with your love, and I'd like to believe with mine, too, but underneath, something was strangling her - the past, the memories, the roots.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“Forgive me, Willem... Forgive me, but I have to leave you now. Forgive me, but I have to go.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life