Elena

“A person doesn't know true hurt and suffering until they've felt the pain of falling in love with someone whose affections lie elsewhere.”
― Rose Gordon, Her Imperfect Groom

“There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned by mutual assent. True or false.”
― Lawrence Krauser, Lemon

“We're cool," I say calmly, although I feel something else. I feel... sad. Like I've lost something I never quite had.”
― Christine Seifert, The Predicteds

“What made you feel that stomach-churning agony for one person and not another? If Bridget were God, she would have made it against the law for you to feel that way about someone without them having to feel it for you right back.”
― Ann Brashares, Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood