Alien Balein

“When she left, it was like someone had ripped my heart out, crumbled it up like a flimsy piece of loose leaf paper and crammed it back into my chest. It somehow managed to work, but it would never, ever feel the same.”
― Stephanie Campbell, My Heart for Yours

“I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.”
― Adriana Trigiani, Viola in Reel Life

“In the sea of my emotions, his presence is like a pearl in the oyster. Very hard to locate, yet very precious and still beautiful.”
― Mehek Bassi, Chained: Can you escape fate?

“There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations