Shruti Rajmohan

“But in fact, the restaurant, with all its glitter, wasn’t nearly as grand as her favorite picnic. When she was fifteen, Tate had boated to her shack one dawn, and, after he’d wrapped a blanket around her shoulders, they cruised inland through a maze of waterways to a forest she’d never seen. They hiked a mile to the edge of a waterlogged meadow where fresh grass sprouted through mud, and there he laid the blanket under ferns as large as umbrellas.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“there is strength in vulnerability and true courage in accepting who you are.”
― Amanda Lovelace, break your glass slippers

“Slowly, she unraveled each word of the sentence: “‘There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“fairy godmother says i don’t know if anyone has ever told you this, but: their lack of love for you does not make you any less loveable.”
― Amanda Lovelace, break your glass slippers