Lina

“But at least you know where to begin. Unlike me. "
"I don't care what you are. Whatever you are, I like you, " I tell him. I've never said this to anybody in my whole life, and the words make me blush.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“The library was like a second home. Or maybe more like a real home, more than the place I lived in.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Is there a worse hell than the torment a man suffers when he knows deep down in his conscience that he has done something wrong, awfully wrong? Ask that man. He will tell you what hell is”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“What has compelled me is this thing between us, whatever it is, and its overwhelming impact upon me is alluding my control. It has become more serious than I can handle. I first loved your imagination and your stories, and then I realized I love the person behind the stories.
Now I don't know what to do with you.
As I said, I need to send this letter immediately. If not, I will have to tear it into a dozen of bits. I will act as if there is nothing new in my life, nothing unusual.
Yes, I could do what I always do and pretend that everything is normal.
I could pretend if it weren't for this sweet ache in my heart...

With love,
Ella”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love