Maureen

“That time always ends a second before you’re ready. That life is the minutes you want minus one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.” ― Henry Van Dyke”
― Stan C. Smith, Parthenium's Year

“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.” ― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ”
― Stan C. Smith, Parthenium's Year

“You wish you were dead, but you are acutely alive and feel every pang of pain, every agonizing contraction of your soul, and there is nothing you can do but just scream and cry and hope for it to end. It never ends, Amos. It dulls around the edges eventually, but it is always there—the agony, the longing, your name whispered at odd times and in random places.”
― Marina Scott, The Night Guests