Vetha

“The kiss was full of both desire and respect—two things a lot of men didn’t seem to know could go hand in hand.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

“It would be false to say that one could ever be alone when one has one's lovely thoughts to comfort one.”
― Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

“Then I ran to her and our relatives laughed. The knots of bystanders were horrified at the loss of her expensive tusk ornaments, but with my hand firmly clasped in hers she reminded them, with her face beaming,'When has it ever been a virtue to be rich in wealth and poor in people?' The relatives nodded. They understood her very well- why have heaven an earth when you have no one to share it with?”
― Buchi Emecheta, Head Above Water

“She was not, after all, somebody people flocked to in the world. And yet she was choosy, in her own way.”
― Alice Munro, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories