Joy Liberatore

“Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return—that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness. For a moment I felt that I had discovered a great truth.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment...

That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women