Genie

“If I am destined to be happy with you here -- how short is the longest Life.”
― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“You dazzled me. There is nothing in the world so bright and delicate.”
― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

“I thought… I just really liked you as a friend… a best friend… because, like, I want to hang out with you all the time and I just love everything about you… but I kept wanting to… I don’t know… hug you and hold your hand and then yesterday, when you suggested it, I- I really wanted to kiss you.”
― Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Two