hope ❅

“He shifted his arm so he could brush her hair back. His fingers lingered along her jaw. “You make me want to live, too, Aelin Galathynius,” he said. “Not exist—but live.” He cupped her cheek, and took a steadying breath—as if he’d thought about every word these past three days, over and over again. “I spent centuries wandering the world, from empires to kingdoms to wastelands, never settling, never stopping—not for one moment. I was always looking toward the horizon, always wondering what waited across the next ocean, over the next mountain. But I think … I think that whole time, all those centuries, I was just looking for you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“They were meant for the broken to follow.”
― Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

“If you truly, truly want the rainbow, you've just gotta put up with the fucking rain. That's really it.”
― Brendon Urie

“Because crying is against The Rules.”
― Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down