Dina

“We gazed at each other for what seemed like ages, so lost but so found.”
― Karina Halle, On Every Street

“Karou was plagued by the notion that she wasn’t whole. She didn’t know what this meant, but it was a lifelong feeling, a sensation akin to having forgotten something. She’d tried describing it to Issa once, when she was a girl. “It’s like you’re standing in the kitchen, and you know you went in there for a reason, but you can’t think of what that reason is, no matter what.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“we saw a pod of dolphins frolicking in the distance. I took out my brand new SLR camera, a gift from Javier, and started shooting them excitedly. Meanwhile, he was watching me like I was some cute new species.

“What?” I asked, after the dolphins had swum out of view. “Dolphins don’t do it for you?”

“You do it for me,” he said”
― Karina Halle, On Every Street

“He’d felt this before and never wanted to feel it again. It could only diminish the memory of Madrigal; it already was. Again his memory failed to conjure her face. It was like trying to call up a melody while another song played”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone