Catherine Paré

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I would have loved you if I could have. There would’ve been no stopping me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Light in the Flame

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.”
― Carol Shields, The Republic of Love