Amélie

“All the most terrifying ifs involve people. All the good ones do as well.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“It was impossible to explain to the healthy the logic of the sick, and he didn’t have the energy to try.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“And with every step I took it became more impossible for me to turn back. And my mind was empty—or it was as though my mind had become one enormous, anaesthetized wound. I thought only, One day I'll weep for this. One of these days I'll start to cry.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room