Elise

“That’s why food is so important in the Armenian tradition. It takes something you have to do and makes it into something you want to do.”
― Michael Barakiva, One Man Guy

“All these new possibilities, so pleasing to contemplate on their own, had sent everyone's minds spinning, for every possibility came at a cost. Even a single departure spelled the end of the Society as they had known it, and each of its members felt a kind of horror at the prospect of being the first to open the door--the one responsible for ending what they had.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages

“I am reminded how households with only two people have a different kind of gravity than others. We need the background noise, because otherwise the burden is entirely on us.”
― David Levithan, 19 Love Songs

“This is why we love stories, and love them from an early age: Nothing bad ever lasts in stories. And this is ultimately why we love life, too--because nothing bad ever lasts in life, not with the same intensity with which it initially appears. If we pay attention, stories can teach us that.”
― David Levithan, 19 Love Songs