Emmett Salmon

“the worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic. A”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I listened and did not speak. Achilles’ eyes were bright in the firelight, his face drawn sharply by the flickering shadows. I would know it in dark or disguise, I told myself. I would know it even in madness.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I put my hand in hers, letting her believe she’s helping me up, but she’s not doing shit as I stand from the curb on my own.”
― Liz Tomforde, Mile High

“She leans forward and kisses him, not on the cheek, as she has a handful of times before, but on the lips, and Bailey knows in that moment that he will follow her anywhere.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus