taylor

“When your mama is in heaven there is nothing to stop her from loving you - not a man, not a job, not whatever she wanted to be doing but she had kids instead. When the sun shines, you can feel that pure love on you. It tastes like sugarcane.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“You better get used to having me around.” I sniffle. “Haunting me?” “No.” He smiles. “Loving you.”
― B.K. Borison, Good Spirits

“We come to love people in many ways. Much is made of the burning love that hits you like a smoldering remnant of a star hurled down to earth. Yet this is not the only type of love any more than the camellia is the only flower. There is the love that blooms from decency, and from that love, passion.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“Mariel,” he said seriously, “you are beautiful, intelligent, and funny. You bring so much joy to the world. On top of that, you’re an extremely powerful witch who can do incredible things. Needing help sometimes or not being perfect doesn’t change any of that, and I wish you would be as kind to yourself as you are to your friends.”
― Sarah Hawley, A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon