Bryony Nelson

“I love you,” I say to him, only it comes out, “Hey.”
“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”
He still won’t meet my eyes.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“Soulmates aren't the ones who make you happiest, no. They're instead the ones who make you feel the most. Burning edges and scars and stars. Old pangs, captivation and beauty. Strain and shadows and worry and yearning. Sweetness and madness and dreamlike surrender. They hurl you into the abyss. They taste like hope.”
― Victoria Erickson

“I can’t believe I just asked you for sex. What kind of guy does that?” I swallow. “Pretty much all of them.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive