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“Falling in love with a place and falling in love with a person are related adventures. At first we run around street corners giggling and explore every inch of each other’s skin, over the years we get to know every cobblestone and strand of hair and snore, and the waters of time soften our passion into unfailing love, and in the end the eyes we wake up next to and the horizon outside our window are the same thing: home.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“I was a woman when it was convenient to blame me, and a girl when they wanted to use me.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

“You don't have to take up a sword. Survival is bravery, too.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

“That things are only beautiful because they don't last- Full moons, flowers in bloom, you.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning