Ashleigh

“Still,” I said, “I am sorry. But I was desperate to rescue my sister.”
“I understand,” the sagging dragon assured me. He explained, “I, too, had a sister, once.”
The past tense didn't escape me. “What happened to her?” I asked, feeling we were connected, two of a kind after all, sharing similar personal tragedies.
“I had to eat her,” the dragon said, “to keep her from stealing my gold.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, Deadly Pink

“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“But your life is yours, singular and sacred, and you should be with the person who makes it feel that way every blessed second you live it.”
― Kiera Cass, The Crown

“I like dresses. They're the greatest hoax in history. You look all suave, and meanwhile you're literally wearing a bag with holes for your extremities.”
― Kate Hattemer, The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid