Melissa

“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

“She held that life together for fourteen years and then suddenly she couldn't anymore. There were a number of explanations for why this was so, but chief among them was exhaustion. She was tired of living a life that wasn't really hers at an address she oughtn't to be at.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

“There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten.”
― Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon

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