Emma

“An amazing sight, someone you’re infatuated with trying to fish something out of a jeans pocket.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“He wanted to know what I saw in you. I told him..." he paused again, and then continued almost shyly, "that you poured out honor like a fountain, all around you."

"That's weird. I don't feel full of honor, or anything else, except maybe confusion."

"Naturally not. Fountains keep nothing for themselves.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Shards of Honour

“Child," said Aslan, "did I not explain to you once before that no one is ever told what might have been?”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Quest for the Lost Lords

“Is it okay to hate a dead kid? Even if you loved him once? Even if he was my best friend? Is it okay to hate him for being dead?”
― A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz