Morgan Hager

“Love changes us. It strengthens us, and dents us, and lifts us, and guides us. If we sleep, if we suffer the side effect, if we're no longer shaped by the people we love... who are we?”
― Nikki Erlick, The Poppy Fields

“And this meant that Johnny could exist not only in the memories that Ray preserved but also, somehow, in the days to come, as Ray unearthed even more about him. Past, present, and future.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Poppy Fields

“I can wake up every single day and choose you, over and over and over again. If you’re in bed next to me, I will take your hand. If you are not, I will go find you. I will spend the rest of my life, if I get that lucky, seeking you out. Not because I promised you or because you’re there. But because I will want to. I will want to be beside you. Every day. Forever.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“This was the other side of love. This was the aftermath, the cost, the opposite end of the bargain. This was the dirty, damp confetti and trampled flower petals, stamped into the muddy ground and tossed about by the wind, long after the parade had ended. This was the sad, lonely echo in the hall, now that the dance was over. Here, in this room, was grief. But grief was love in its second shape.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Poppy Fields