Hanna

“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

“If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass