rita's book journal

“If a hero is someone who will give up love to save the world, then a villain is the reverse. Someone who will give up the world to save love.”
― Laura Steven, Our Infinite Fates

“But what if I'm never whole? What if, after all of it, I'm left… empty?”
― RuNyx, The Syndicater

“Every day isn’t a fairy tale. We’ve worked hard for our relationship. To build it. To maintain it. I’ve become so many versions of myself and so has he, but we’ve found a way to fall in love with one another over and over again. Every time.”
― B.K. Borison, First-Time Caller

“What if alzheimer's isn't just a slow death? What if it's another dimension entirely? An ascension, even. We humans are so fixated on our minds that we see their loss as a tragedy, but what if it's a gift? Maybe the erosion of memory clears space for something truer. Maybe the intelect gets in the way of the heart, until little by little it doesn't. How freeing, I think.”
― Tory Henwood Hoen, Before I Forget