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“You can stop swimming now, Lily. We finally reached the shore.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Maybe we were dying planets, Jonah, being drawn into the darkness. I hold my right palm against his cheek, and I wish I could touch him with both my hands. When we collided, we bounced each other back into orbit. And now we have to do that--we have to return to our own paths because that's what we gave each other.”
― Emery Lord, When We Collided

“Love to me was honesty. Being real. Knowing someone’s best and worst. Love was a push that said someone believed in you when you didn’t.”
― Mariana Zapata, From Lukov with Love

“Jonah: Viv. Why is that? All the you-were-heres?
Viv: Because it's all so fleeting, isn't it? The ocean existed so long, and some animals. Isn't that crazy? My dress collection will love longer than I ever will. I'm just looking for some kind of permanence, so my mark will linger onthe world once I'm gone, in the places where I found joy. Does that make any sense?”
― Emery Lord, When We Collided