Ronja

“This feeling was different. I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom.
This, and this, and this, i said to him.
I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that i was too slender, or too slow.
This and this and this!”
― Madeline Miller

“who cares what word you use? Some aunts are completely irrelevant, and some aunts have been there since the day their niece was born. I had one grandmother I never saw and one who, when she died, I cried for three days. The word isn’t what matters. It’s the specific relationship. You love that kid more than anything on this planet.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“No. They tamed the unicorn." At his blank expression, I continued. "You know, they found the smoldering, I-wasn´t-my-best-self-until-I-met-you, I-want-to-make-all-your-dreams-come-true kind of once-in-a-lifetime, i-still-watch-you-walk-out-of-the-room-love.”
― Lucy Score, Things We Left Behind

“Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere