Heather Duff

“Rex?” He freezes and when he looks at me I can see the uncertainty he’s trying to cover up with his motions. “I think you’re perfect. I mean, shit, that sounded sappy, but, I mean perfect in my opinion.” Ugh, how do I explain what I mean? That all those things that he is came together like the perfect recipe. “For you?” he says. “Hmm?” “Perfect for you, maybe?” He looks shy and pleased. All I can do is nod. He hoists me up onto the counter and kisses me silly.”
― Roan Parrish, In the Middle of Somewhere

“I'd wasted so much of my life. So many of my days, and all of my promise, all of my dreams, lost to hospitals, to depression, to wanting to die. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. This is not who I am.

Except, of course, it was. It was all there was left to be.”
― Alexis Hall, Glitterland

“My head lands on his shoulder and I sniff him. He smells like comfort and calm and home. Goddamn, he smells like home. Not the home I left. No way in hell. But the home I wish he could somehow become.”
― Christina Lee, Touch the Sky

“This world is such a big place, and most of the time we never find the people we’re looking for. People look all their lives for the one person who understands their heart. We search, and hope, and I think… it’s a blessed few who find it on their first try.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light