Aeisha

“She closes her eyes. He probably won’t come back, she thinks. Or he will, differently. What they have now they can never have back again. But for her the pain of loneliness will be nothing to the pain that she used to feel, of being unworthy. He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. Meanwhile his life opens out before him in all directions at once. They’ve done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“anyone can have pretty eyes, but only the right kind of person can hum the alphabet and make it your new favorite beat.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.”
― Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family

“Let me just exist with you, happier than ever.”
― Elliot Page, Pageboy