☆ irina ☆

“Love is not the sharp-edged thing she's always believed it to be. It's not like the sea, liable to slip through her fingers if she holds on too tight. It's not a currency, something to be earned or denied or bartered for. Love can be steadfast. It can be certain and safe, or as wild as an open flame. It's a slice of buttered bread at dinner table. It's a grudge born of worry. It's broken skin pulled over swollen knuckles.”
― Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

“For those with impossible dreams and for those who feel dreaming is impossible. There is so much waiting for you on the horizon.”
― Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

“She thought: I can hold you and find that I still miss your body. She thought: I can listen to you speak and still miss the sound of your voice.”
― Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep

“Isabel had never known loneliness like that, one that arrived without the promise of leaving.”
― Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep