Melissa

“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

“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

“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