Mel

“The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat...”
― Edward Lear

“I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where our lips touch and every place where they pull away. I savor the air we share in the second afterwards and the slip of her nose across mine. I think of something to say, but it is too intimate, so I swallow it. A moment later I decide I don't care.

"I wish we were alone," I say as I back out of the cell.

She smiles. "I almost always wish that.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Dare to be naïve.”
― Richard Buckminster Fuller

“Not all that have fallen are vanquished.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien