Melissa

“Too bad I didn't know you back then, I would have come and rescued you." Like he was Prince Charming or something. Which he is, in a way, because he rescued me from the simple, uncomplicated life I thought I liked until I realized how much I was missing. How lonely that life had been: going to work, going home, and watching TV, going places by myself on weekends.”
― Wally Lamb, We Are Water

“The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know. ”
― Simone Weil

“Strange how suffering can look beautiful if you get far enough away.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“I think of you all the time, the veins in your throat, the fuzz on your arms, your eyes, your mouth. I loved you then, I love you now.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land