Julia

“Nie tylko lubiła go spotykać, ale szukała i u niego oznak wrażenia, jakie ze swej strony wywierała na nim. Pragnęła mu się podobać, nie tylko przez to, co mówiła, ale całą swą osobą. Dla niego zajmowała się teraz więcej niż kiedykolwiek, swą toaletą; przyłapywała się na marzeniach o tym, co by się stało, gdyby ona nie była zamężna, a on był wolny.”
― Lew Tołstoj, Anna Karenina

“- Can we meet somewhere besides here? Please. [...]
- Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing. [...]
- What d'ya mean, where the crawdads sing? Ma used to say that.
Kya remembered Ma always encouraging her to explore the marsh: "Go as far as you can-way out yonder where the crawdads sing"
- Just means far in the bush where critters are wild, still behaving like critters.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“The other words Tate didn't say were his feelings for her that seemed tangled up between the sweet love for a lost sister and the fiery love for a girl. He couldn't come close to sorting it out humself, but he'd never been hit by a stronger wave. A power of emotions as painful as pleasurable.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“- Am I your girlfriend now? [...]
- Do you want to be?
- Yes.
- You might be too young. [...]
- But I know feathers. I bet the other girls don't know feathers.
- All right, then.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing