Isha

“A secret kept. A record made. The first mark she left upon the world, long before she knew the truth, that ideas are so much wilder than memories, that they long and look for ways of taking root.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“We give those we love nicknames, because love requires a word that belongs to us alone.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“If you can do something for someone in such a way that they think they managed it all on their own, then you’ve done a good job.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Yes. Until recently, I didn’t think that humans could choose loneliness. That there were sometimes forces more powerful than the wish to avoid loneliness.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun