Ramona

“Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“I was always waiting. Waiting for him to be off so he could call. Waiting for him to get a second to text me, waiting for him to watch the reel I sent him two hours ago when he was in surgery. Waiting for him to come back. My life felt like it was on pause. I didn’t see movies I wanted to watch so he could see them with me when he got here. I held off on going places because I’d rather go with him so we could experience it together. I didn’t take my friends up on dinners because after work was the only time of day my boyfriend and I could talk.”
― Abby Jimenez, Say You'll Remember Me

“Too many of us,” she said, “take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings