Ashwini R

“And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.”
― Plato, The Symposium

“I can't," I said. "I have a crown. If it means anything, it means this."

"Then leave it," she said. "Leave it, Irinushka. It's only sorrow on sorrow."

I bent and kissed her cheek. "Help me put it on," I said softly, and she went and took it with tears in her eyes”
― Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore