wandering. bibliophile_

“Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left you without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways. In the memory of a musical. In the smell of their perfume. In the sound of the rain, and the itch for adventure, and the yearning for that liminal space between one airport terminal and the next. I hated her for leaving, and I loved her for staying as long as she could. And I would never wish this pain on anyone.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“You kiss like you dance."
"Terribly?"
"Like someone waiting to be asked.
You can just dance, Lemon. You can take the lead.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“He was an adventure.
One I suddenly knew I wanted to take.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“I broke her heart once, and I’d let her break my heart a thousand times in return if it meant that one day she found her way back to me.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed