Alicia

“She was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth

“In Bottletown, even our tears flicker like jewels.”
― Jeff Noon, Vurt

“he plunged out into the winter night bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate”
― Edith Wharton