Aliababa

“Avant de te connaître, j'avais rencontré le malheur, le désespoir. Avant de te connaître, allons donc, ces mots n'ont pas de sens. Tu sais bien qu'en te voyant la première fois, c'est sans la moindre hésitation que je t'ai reconnue.”
― André Breton, Arcane 17 : Enté d'ajours - Suivi de "André Breton ou la transparence" par Michel Beaujour

“There have been other incidents throughout my life that have caused me grief, and now I can't stop wondering how bad they truly were,' she said. 'In the carriage, I kept thinking, I kept thinking about how a part of me has wallowed in sorrow for years. How many decisions have I made because I was afraid of some dreadful thing that in the end would have never come to pass ? How often have I said yer or no to something just to avoid a certain type of pain ? I don't think I'm a coward; sometimes I even think I'm brave. But now I looke at myself and I think, who would I be, today, had I never been so needlessly afraid ? I'm... pathetically sensitive.”
― Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit

“I love you. I feel as though we were never strangers, you and I, not even for a moment.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“I knew I’d end up here again, feeling like I’d melt unless I kiss you.”
― Tessa Bailey, Window Shopping