Alexandra

“You know the worst thing about a man hitting you?” Margery said finally. “Ain’t the hurt. It’s that in that instant you realize the truth of what it is to be a woman. That it doesn’t matter how smart you are, how much better at arguing, how much better than them period. It’s when you realize they can always shut you up with a fist. Just like that.” She mulled over it for a Monet, then straightened up , and flashed Alice a tight smile. “Course, you know that only happens till you learn to hit back harder.”
― Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars

“Dancing in the rain on a random street in London should be on everyone's bucket list.”
― Emily Stone, Always, in December

“You can't plan your whole life that way, it has a habit of not cooperating.”
― Emily Stone, Always, in December

“life was dense with sorrow, it was impossible to breathe, suddenly you had a past, all at once you had a past, and it was heavy, it dragged you back.”
― shalev-zeruya, Love Life