Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you’ve entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.
“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― The Hunger Games
― The Hunger Games
“It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
― Shatter Me
― Shatter Me
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
― The Ladies' Paradise
― The Ladies' Paradise
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
― Between the Acts
― Between the Acts
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