Arely

“I had no doubt in my mind that I loved Alice (Tom Ward).”
― Joseph Delaney, The Spook's Revenge

“Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book. Or maybe you like to eat alone in restaurants and could do without the pitying looks from fellow diners. Or you're told that you're "in your head too much", a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral.

Or maybe there's another word for such people: thinkers.”
― Susan Cain

“Look forward, not back," the Hag said. "All is change. Do not regret. Instead, learn.”
― Juliet Marillier, Raven Flight

“And so this paradise was like a jewel box without a jewel. There it lay, day after day..., and waited for lovers to find it and fill it with their happiness”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone