Maria

“The best books, they don't talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you'd always thought about, but that you didn't think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you're a little bit less alone in the world. You're part of this cosmic community of people who've thought about this thing, whatever it happens to be.”
― Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

“Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“I needed to hate someone and you’re the one I love the most, so it fell on you.”
― Gayle Forman, Where She Went