Katie • forevermorepages

“This is how I’ve lived my whole life—hidden and in the shadows. And the longer I stay here, the more tired I’m getting.”
― Kevin van Whye, Date Me, Bryson Keller

“I can’t lose the thing I’ve held onto for so long, you know?” My face twists up from the pain of pushing it out. “I just really need it to be a love story, you know? I really, really need it to be that.”
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“There's no 'rational grounds' for anything I care about.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless