Ara

“I don't want to die. I want to live. I want to live long enough so I can really live.”
― Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here

“I realize I'm crying a little, too. I remember. Sometimes pain is so unmanageable that the idea of spending another day with it seems impossible. Other times pain acts as a compass to help you through the messier tunnels of growing up. But pain can only help you find happiness if you remember it.”
― Adam Silvera, More Happy Than Not

“I looked up at him, and a thought passed through my brain before I could stop or analyze it. It’s you—of course it is. There you are.”
― Morgan Matson, The Unexpected Everything

“White shouldn't be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn't even be a default.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda