Nicole

“he was suddenly rethinking his decision to tell them, to crush his parents with the devastating truth that they would likely outlive their child. It was better, Ben thought, to believe in miracles.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Measure

“The darkness whispers in her ear, arms wrapped like a scarf around her throat. I am always with you.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Grief, deep as a well, opens inside her.
What is the point in planting seeds?
Why tend them? Why help them grow?
Everything crumbles in the end.
Everything dies.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“In for a penny, in for a pound”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants