Angela

“The word em refers to the little brother or little sister in a family;
or the younger of two friends; or the woman in a couple.
I like to think that the word em is the homonym of the verb aimer, “to love,” in French, in the imperative: aime.”
― Kim Thúy, Em

“…There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History