Alexandra

“i miss my brother like
the sea would miss salt
if that were taken away.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“I told you not to drink that much water on the drive,” Sarah told her. “You never listen to me.”
“Sorry I don’t have the bladder of a freaking sloth.”
“You mean camel,” Sarah corrected.
“I meant sloth,” the other girl said. “I read somewhere they only have to go once a week.”
― Alexandra Bracken, In the Afterlight

“Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.”
― Sappho, Sweetbitter Love: Poems of Sappho

“We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant