☆ 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

“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Don't just give up, Hachiko.
Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time.
If you keep getting up, you win.”
― Ai Yazawa

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