Nadia

“He raised his eyes to a horizon carved from snowy mountain peaks, virgin white against the frigid blue sky. He could climb up there if he wanted. Climb up there and touch the horizon, jump across and find the next.”
― Michael Punke, The Revenant

“What a strange girl you are.” “Why?” “Flung out of space,”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

“and wished with all her power to wish anything, that the woman would simply continue her last words and say, “Are you really so glad to have met me? Then why can’t we see each other again? Why can’t we even have lunch together today?” Her voice was so casual, and she might have said it so easily.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

“She envied him. She envied him his faith there would always be a place, a home, a job, someone else for him. She envied him that attitude.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt