Paulien

“To see you naked is to recall the Earth.”
― Federico García Lorca

“Stay,” she panted. Tears leaked from her eyes. “Stay till the end.”
“And after,” he said. “And always.”
“I want to feel safe again. I want to go home to Ravka.”
“Then I’ll take you there. We’ll set fire to raisins or whatever you heathens do for fun.”
“Zealot,” she said weakly.
“Witch.”
“Barbarian.”
“Nina,” he whispered, “little red bird. Don’t go.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I was okay. She was okay. We were okay. Nothing else matters.”
― Aly Martinez, Fighting Silence

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero