Rachael

“It's Elder who's my safe place. Elder's my home.”
― Beth Revis, A Million Suns

“As a young girl I believed my life would never have been a struggle if Mr.Tanaka hadn't torn me away from my tipsy house. But now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“But I'm shocked by the tenderness in his voice. The sincerity with which he wants to know. He's like a feral dog, crazed and wild, thirsty for chaos, simultaneously aching for recognition and acceptance.
Love.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me