Sababa

“My lists have been out of order all these years. Would you know that all this time, I believed lists started at one? I was wrong. Lists start at zero, and I’ve been skipping the beginning my entire life.”

Her hand turned in his—not to escape, but so her fingers could interlace with his. “What is zero, then?”

“Item zero,” Christian said. “It’s you, Judith.”

She let out a long, slow exhale.

“Nothing ever made sense because I was trying to sort everything into place from one to ten. That was the mistake. You are the start of every list I’ve ever made. You are the beginning, the zeroth item, the unspoken predicate of my heart”
― Courtney Milan, Once Upon a Marquess

“If I’d married,” she said softly, “I would never know what I was capable of doing. It turns out that when you take away my kid gloves and my morning dresses, I can do quite a bit. This may sound ridiculous, but I’m proud of myself.”
― Courtney Milan, Once Upon a Marquess

“A humbling thought occurred to her. When you meet the right man, the list of things you would never do suddenly becomes much shorter.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Hello Stranger

“পৃথিবীতে অনেক রহস্য আছে। সেই সব রহস্যের একটা হচ্ছে মানবিক সম্পর্ক। এর কোনো ধরাবাধা নিয়ম নেই। হঠাৎ যেকোনো একজন মানুষের জন্যে হৃদয় মমতায় উদ্বেলিত হতে পারে।”
― Humayun Ahmed, কোথাও কেউ নেই