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“What I had meant to say in the kitchen was that I had loved fish since I was little—white bite, crispy skin. I had been waiting for it so long that the picture of soft flesh decomposed and left bones for a fossil. When I had argued in the kitchen, I was arguing about what was lost to me. Like how I could not read the letters because of the old water stains that had spread ink across the bottom of the page. The problem was not the damage but the cause. I recognized the tears my younger self had wept while touching the shapes on the paper.”
― E.J. Koh, The Magical Language of Others

“The years have touched her only to enrich her; the flower of her youth had not faded; it only hung more quietly on its stem.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“May we never forget. May we live with honor at all times, regardless of our circumstances. And may we choose love, a weapon that will defeat hate every single time. Love is the resistance.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

“Katrijn reached out for the pommel. Ever so lightly, she touched the tip of her finger to the gem. Then she cupped it, gently, in her palm, before pulling away. She looked up at him.

“When you go home to your family, will you put the Moon back in the sky?�

“I will,� Tom said. “And every night, when you look up and see it, you’ll know I’m thinking of you.�

She flung herself at him. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and whispered in his ear.
“Ik hou van je, Tom.�

He closed his eyes and held her. “I love you, too, Katrijn.”
― Kevin Sands, Call of the Wraith