Christina

“Auf einmal begreift Dora, was zwischen Eltern und Kindern ist. Da findet eine Liebe statt, so abgrundtief und grenzenlos, dass sie das Fassungsvermögen des Verstandes übersteigt. Auf der Rückseite dieser Liebe wohnt die Angst, einander zu verlieren. Ebenso grenzenlos, ebenso abgrundtief. Das ist mehr als ein Mensch ertragen kann.”
― Juli Zeh, Über Menschen

“Why wouldn’t you tell someone you loved them? Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“I have been bent and broken but I hope into better shape.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
― Andre Aciman, Call Me by Your Name