Arisa Dizon

“The staying still was the worst part. The waiting and not-knowing and being afraid: That was worse than anything else that might happen.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Thing About Jellyfish

“If people were silent, they could hear the noise of their own lives better. If people were silent, it would make what they did say, whenever they chose to say it, more important. If people were silent, they could read one another's signals, the way underwater creatures flash lights at one another, or turn their skin different colors.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Thing About Jellyfish

“But a person doesn’t always know the difference between a new beginning and a forever sort of ending.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Thing About Jellyfish

“There’s a Korean word my grandma taught me. It’s called jung. It’s the connection between two people that can’t be severed, even when love turns to hate. You still have those old feelings for them; you can’t ever completely shake them loose of you; you will always have tenderness in your heart for them.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You