Auriane Bottu

“I love you. I'm not just saying that, I really do. Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she's aware of this now, while it's happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“I will always be inspired by you, even when you tell me not to be," he said.
"And I will always be critical of you too. I can't stand it when you don't live up to your talent."
"And I will always be destroyed by your critism.”
― Holly Brickley, Deep Cuts

“His arms hold me tight as I lay my head on his chest, hearing his heartbeat and the light tapping of rain against the window. This is new for me. I've been comfortable in places, but I think this is the first time I've been anywhere I never want to leave.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“But it's like when my doctor told me the story of these two brothers whose dad was a bad alcoholic. One brother ended up being a drinker as bad as his dad was. When they asked the first brother why he didn't drink, he said that after he saw what it did to his father, he could never bring himself to even try it. When they asked the other brother, he said that he guessed he learned how to drink on his father's knee. So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. and we can try to feel okay about them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower