Atanas

“I love how she feels things so deeply that sometimes even joy manages to wound her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shadow Me

“But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?”
“For him?” shouted Snape. “Expecto Patronum!”
From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Instead, I’m a big, raw, bleeding heart, and I spend my days pretending not to notice that I want more. That I need more.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shadow Me

“Maybe it sounds weird to say, but I know I could love the
shit out of someone. I feel it, in my heart. This capacity to
love. To be romantic and passionate. Like it’s a superpower I
have. A gift, even.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shadow Me