Alafiya

“I left and went to the roof, where it was only me, a thousand blinking stars, and the beauty of darkness stretched to the ends of the universe, snuffing out the endless games of courts and kingdoms.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Beauty of Darkness

“If we spend too much time reliving the past, it gets us nowhere.”
“That’s where I am, Rafe. Nowhere.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Beauty of Darkness

“You can stop swimming now, Lily. We finally reached the shore.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“He nodded. “You’re right. It’s probably for the best.”
Bitterness rose in my throat. I hated things being for the best. They never really were. It was a phrase that sugarcoated the leftover crumbs of our options.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Beauty of Darkness