Jasmine

“He sat down on the porch, chuckling, and I wanted to be that sound in his throat, to be that decibel that corresponded so precisely to his pleasure.”
― Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants

“I had the time to think all the way home about how affairs of the body are so much more preferable to affairs of the heart, but that sometimes you don't have the choice.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

“Life is only bearable because time makes you forget everything. But life is worthwhile because love makes you remember everything.”
― Juhea Kim, Beasts of a Little Land

“To love someone is firstly to confess: I'm prepared to be devastated by you.”
― Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body