Stephanie

“She had to imagine leaving only so she could imagine staying.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“He had said, “I am a man,” and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman’s soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thing that made him a man, half insane and half god, and Juana had need of a man; she could not live without a man.”
― John Steinbeck, The Pearl

“We won’t take jewels and land to our grave, but our souls will carry the choices we made and how we lived to the next life.”
― Sonali Dev, There's Something About Mira

“I want to be with you. Nothing else is going to matter to me more than that. Not at the end of my life. Not even now. Nothing will matter more than who I spent my time with, and I want it to be you.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life