McKenna Smith

“He broke my heart far worse than I'll ever let anyone know.”
― Elsie Silver, Reckless

“It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew, and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents- that there was all the difference in the world.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“I'm thinking that I was a lonely, hopeless person, and I might have fallen in love with the first thing that showed me a hint of kindness and safety. And I'm thinking maybe he knew that - maybe not actively, but maybe he wanted to be that person for me. And maybe that worked for who I was before. Maybe it doesn't work for who - what I am now.”
― Sarah J Maas

“Better to be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women