Shayla

“He hoped wherever he was going that there'd still be the sun and the moon and the stars. He'd spent a majority of his life with his head turned down. It seemed only fair that eternity would allow him to raise his face toward the sky.”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

“I love you,” I say to him, only it comes out, “Hey.”
“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”
He still won’t meet my eyes.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”
― Mia Couto

“When people fall in love, they burst into flames.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun