Ashlyn

“And I love him. For all of my memory, I have loved him; I do not even notice it anymore. I feel what I have always felt when I look at him, and I have never before asked myself what it is exactly. I love him in a way I cannot define, as if my love were an organ within my body that I could not live without yet could not pick out of an anatomy book.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“We say the words all the time, but the power has not been lost. They mean more to me than he'll know. Because at the end of the day, this type of love is different than a first-sight encounter with a man at a bar, a crush in prep school or a bubbling, new romance. Our "I love yous" encompass years of heartache, of hurt, of laughter, and pain.
And every time we say the words, I feel the rush of our childhood. I couldn't imagine ever losing that.”
― Becca & Krista Ritchie

“When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light.”
― Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

“Your sister is pretty, it's true.' Tantalus told her once, 'but something in her is tamed. You both have fire in your hearts, but she pours water over hers, while you add more logs to yours. THAT is beautiful.”
― Costanza Casati