Marieke

“I made you something," he said, reaching into his pocket. [...] I rubbed my thumb over it, trying not to smile too big. [...] "You made this?" I asked, looking up at him. He nodded. [...] "I carved it out of a branch," he said, whispering. "From the oak tree in your back yard." [...] I never thought I could love something so much. Or maybe what I was feeling wasn't for the gift, but for him. I closed my fist around the heart and then leaned over and kissed him so hard, he fell back onto the bed. [...] "I'm gonna carve you a damn house out of that oak tree if this is the reward I get," he whispered.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“You're my favorite person."
I felt him laugh a little and it made me smile.
"Out of how many people?" he asked.
"All of them.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Ich hätte ihr gesagt, dass Davis und ich nie viel geredet oder uns angesehen hatten, aber das war egal, weil wir zusammen denselben Himmel sahen, was viel intimer ist, als einander in die Augen zu sehen. In die Augen kann man jedem sehen. Aber jemanden zu finden, der dieselbe Welt sieht, ist ziemlich selten.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“You're really beautiful when you're happy.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us