aaliyah

“We should appreciate the flower, regardless of its roots.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess

“You can whisper, and people will still hear thunder.”
― Neal Shusterman, The Toll

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles