Olivia

“Because sometimes their need to please previous generations is greater than their need to love future ones.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“We don’t look at each other as we walk, but he touches my shoulder gently and gestures me across his body. He moves me to the opposite side of him before taking up position by the road.”
― Elsie Silver, Flawless

“She used to think love was like a house. Once it was built, a person got to live in it forever. But now she wondered if love was more like a war with new foes constantly appearing and battles creeping up. Winning at love was less about succeeding in a battle and more about continuing to fight, to choose the person you loved as the one you were willing to die for, over and over.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“That someone could love me this much. Choose to fill me up instead of pour me out. Build a fire to keep me warm instead of burn me out.”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, Out on a Limb