Edenchau

“Juliette," he whispers,and I realize just how close he is. I'm not sure why I haven't evaporated into nothingness. "It's been me and you against the world forever," he says. "It's always been that way. It's my fault I took so long to do something about it."

"No," I'm shaking my head. "It's not your fault-"

"It is. I fell in love with you a long time ago. I just never had the guts to act on it."

"Because I could've killed you."

He laughts a quiet laugh."Because I didn't think I deserved you.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Of course I remember you. You were the only one who ever looked at me like a human being."
"You've always known?"
"Adam, I'd recognize your eyes anywhere in the world.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me about the world.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“You're my bird," I tell him. "You're my bird and you're going to help me fly away.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me