— Los Angeles was a monster, too big and too loud and too hectic. THE TROJANS were strange and misguided. There was a cardboard dog in his bedroom that Jeremy treated like a de facto member of the household. Jean didn’t understand any of it, but he knew on a bone-deep level that this was better than anything he’d ever had. It was worlds more than he deserved.

he didn't want to leave andrew with nothing, but what could he possibly say?

If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio

but when your entire world is shattering, a little bit of magic is...n o t h i n g.

— the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid (insp)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo "It's time for her to go to her daughter, and her lover, and her best friend, and her mother."

“there was finally enough air within her for a fire to ignite.”

it’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.