Amber Dickerson

“It is a hallmark of failing societies, I’ve learned, this requirement that one always be in possession of a valid reason to exist.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“No matter where I went, no matter who I was with, if I could be honest with myself, then that was where I belonged.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“When frustrated tears finally broke over his lashes, he attempted to squeeze them away, but Eridanys noticed. He sighed, using his thumbs to wipe them from Alba’s cheeks before they could drip all the way down.
“There’s enough salt in the sea,” he whispered. “Don’t add to it with tears, Albatross.”
― Kellen Graves, A Bone in His Teeth

“In refusing to be a stepping stone, she had made herself a boot.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven