Dori

“The house had a name. The Banana House. It was carved onto a piece of sandstone above the front door. It made no sense to anyone.”
― Hilary McKay, Saffy's Angel

“You are like a shell,” he said. “A seashell. Hollow but beautiful.”
“Hollow.” She nodded.
For the rest of the day, they sat not far from each other, gazing out the window at the light shifting almost imperceptibly. They sat about and let themselves be objects on which dust might settle, air might past, light could play.
“I am just an emptiness,” she said.
“No,” he told her. “You are a resting place.”
― Ramona Ausubel

“With my last breath, I’ll exhale my love for you. I hope it’s a cold day, so you can see what you meant to me.
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― Jarod Kintz, This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

“It's like waking up and finding there's a war on. Nothing's the way it used to be and it's difficult to get your balance. That's why I held Billy's hand.”
― Glenda Millard, A Small Free Kiss in the Dark