Kai Norris

“What was school if not a chance to earn your worth? To prove, again and again, that you were measurably good. One more deal I struck with a disinterested universe: If I'm good enough, I'll be happy. I'll be loved. I'll be safe.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“They fit together like a habit. Like an inevitability. Like a gift. Like a death sentence.”
― E.L. Massey, Free from Falling

“I can't imagine what it's like to have to educate everyone about your right to exist in the world.”
― Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

“To hear his name in her voice, he closes his eyes. The name has become so precious to him, his own name, from the way it sounds in her mouth.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo