Elise

“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

“And love, I learned, is a constant act of creation, just as creation is almost always an act of love.”
― David Levithan, 19 Love Songs

“I am Nikolai Lantsov. I have no right to my crown.' But each day he might endeavor to earn it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars