Sarah

“You die twice. Once when your heart stops beating and again when your name is spoken for the last time.”
― Kate Thompson, The Little Wartime Library

“And I know the past isn’t a mirror image of the future, but it’s a reflection of what can be. And when your first love breaks your heart, the shards of that can still draw blood for a long, long time.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High

“The cruel act of not being loved back by the person you love the most burns like white-hot phosphorus.
Maybe it’s not that there was no love, just
not enough. Maybe they loved themselves more than they loved you. They might’ve promised they’d walk through fire for you, and you realized too late that they were the one lighting the match.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“There is no going back. One decision leads to the next and then the next, a continual stumbling forward over each past mistake until you find yourself someplace entirely different from where you started or from where you ever intended to go.”
― Suzanne Redfearn, Hadley & Grace