Crystal

“Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"She the reason you’re pissed off all the time?"
"Yeah."
"She the reason you left mom?"
"Yeah."
"You love her?"
"Yeah."
There was a long pause.
"Cool."
"…yeah."
"Dad?"
"Jesus, Cage.  What?"
"Does this mean I can have at Miranda?"
Christ.
"Yeah, you fuckin' hornball.  Have at it."
"Cool.”
― Madeline Sheehan, Undeniable

“He shook his head and raked his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry, Erica, but I'm going to fix this. I promise."
I nodded, trusting he would.

Said by Blake to Erica”
― Meredith Wild, Hardwired

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”
― Stendhal, Five Short Novels of Stendhal

“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane