Kara

“Dearest Briana, I know you’re scared. You have every right to be. But someday, decades from now, when our grandchildren are grown and our hair is gray, and we’ve spent a lifetime being harmless to each other, you’re going to find this letter yellowed and wrinkled, forgotten in a shoebox. You’ll read it and you’ll remember how frightened and unsure you were once. How afraid you were to give yourself to someone, how hard it was to trust again—and you’ll smile. Because I’ll still be there. And we will still be in love. Yours truly, Jacob”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“It was aggravating, being in love with someone who could see all of your secrets in your face except for the ones that mattered the most.”
― Shirlene Obuobi, Between Friends & Lovers

“The smile that broke out across Mal's face was sunlight therapy, a lightning flash in the midst of my melancholy.”
― Shirlene Obuobi, Between Friends & Lovers

“As you wish,' he said, and then he was fireman-carrying her over his threshold and into the permanent home he'd made for her in his heart.”
― Shirlene Obuobi, Between Friends & Lovers