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“I don’t want to rule the world, I don’t want to control it, I don’t even want to influence it. I want to sit beside you in a little garden, I want to put your needs before mine, I want to fetch you a glass of water when you’re thirsty. I want to laugh at your jokes, even the bad ones, and bury my head in proverbial sand.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex

“I’m exhausted,�� I whisper. “Me too,�� Kenan replies. I shake my head. “No. I’m exhausted from all of this. I’m exhausted we’re suffocating and no one gives the slightest bit of a damn. I’m exhausted we’re not even an afterthought. I’m exhausted we can’t even have basic human rights. I’m exhausted, Kenan.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“It’s much easier to tell yourself you’re a good person than it is to actually be one.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

“I'd rather have a fraction of you than all
of someone else.”
― Yulin Kuang, How to End a Love Story