Julie

“Love isn’t always fireworks and rainbows. Mature love is quieter, but it’s there.”
― Kristina Riggle, The Whole Golden World

“When I was small and easily wounded, books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book, they somehow mattered less. My corporeal life was slight; the dazzling one in my head was what really mattered. Returning to books was coming home.”
― Lauren Groff, The Monsters of Templeton

“So many things become beautiful when you really look.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without adversity.” – Donina Va’a Renata”
― Julianne MacLean, The Color of Heaven