Nicole

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Someday, she promised herself, someday I am going to love him in a moment that isn't stolen”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Being alive is not the same as living. I hope someday you'll have a chance to realise the difference.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Now he was astonished by how much he missed them. The English made regular use of only two flavours – salty and not salty – and did not seem to recognize any of the others. For a country that profited so well from trading in spices, its citizens were violently averse to actually using them; in all his time in Hampstead, he never tasted a dish that could be properly described as ‘seasoned’, let alone ‘spicy’.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel