Elena

“But if anyone had asked, he would have told them that he never lived before he met her. And not after either.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“You love him, I can see it."
"More than anything."
That alone should be enough, he thought, but of course it never is. Courage has to come in there somewhere, and perseverance and forbearance and patience and all the rest. A job of work, as Uncle Billy would say, but worth it and then some.”
― Jan Karon, Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

“You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away,”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“A day is a pocket of possibility and it’s always there, waiting for your willing hand.”
― Ann Voskamp, The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life