Amalia

“Or had Howl slithered out so hard that he had come out right behind himself and turned out what most people would call honest?”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“He was succeeding admirably in communicating his own boredom to his audience.”
― Dean Acheson, Sketches from Life of Men I Have Known

“No wonder I stopped keeping a journal. It was like keeping a record of my own stupidity.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“You have to move back home, Andy," Hilo said quietly. "I've missed you."
Anden had been waiting to hear those words come out of his cousin's mouth for years. Now, however, he felt no great relief or happiness - only the sort of heaviness that comes from wanting something for so long that the final achievement of it is a loss - because the waiting is over and the waiting has become too much a part of oneself to let go of easily.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade War