Mohammed Mersal

“You still don't like me?" he asked, his voice hoarse.
"No," she said, trying her best to sound convincing.
"I can live with that," he said smiling.”
― Zøe Haslie, Just For A While

“She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his young life… In the few seconds, that he stood there––dumb-struck, taking in her beauty. Will Wilson, fell, totally, hopelessly, in love with Mary.”
― Cleo W. Robinson Jr., Trails to and Tales of Sanderson, Texas

“I've read hundreds of novels in my life, most of them claiming that love was the center of the universe. That it could heal any damage inside of us. That it was what we need to survive. From Darcy to Heathcliff I tought they were fools. That love was something fictional, only found in worn pages of a book. But all that has changed since I met my Elizabeth Bennet. I never thought I would find myself completely and utterly consumed by another until her. She took my hand and lead me out of the darkness and showed me that, whatever our souls are made for hers and mine are the same. You once asked me who I loved most in this world, it's you.”
― Hardin Scott

“If she only knew that all of his poems had been written to her and no one else, every single one, even the one to Night, even the one to the Spirit of the Swamp. But that was something she should never know.”
― Knut Hamsun, Victoria