(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵) tam tam (´∀｀)

“You taste like the rain,” he said. “I love the rain more than anything.”
“I know. I want to be the rain.”
“You are the rain, Dante.” And I wanted to say 'You’re the rain and you’re the
desert and you’re the eraser that’s making the word “loneliness” disappear.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“When you are standing all alone," she whispered, "the people who notice- those are the people who stand by your side. Those are the people who love you.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“I think every parent has some moments when they say to themselves, If I could take my child’s pain away and make it mine, I would make it mine. But I have no right to take your pain away, because it’s yours.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“No one asks to be born. And no one wants to die. We don’t bring ourselves into the world, and when it’s time for us to leave, the decision will not be ours to make. But what we do with the time in between the day we are born and the day we die, that is what constitutes a human life. You will have to make choices—and those choices will map out the shape and course of your life. We are all cartographers—all of us. We all want to write our names on the map of the world.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World