Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War

“There are a few things in life so beautiful they hurt: swimming in the ocean while it rains, reading alone in empty libraries, the sea of stars that appear when you’re miles away from the neon lights of the city, bars after 2am, walking in the wilderness, all the phases of the moon, the things we do not know about the universe… and you.”

“Come on, dance with me. The earth is spinning. We can’t just stand on it.”

“With loose, tousled hair, pale as lime, she resembled mad Ophelia.”

“Hell is when the people you love the most reach right into your soul and rip it out of you. And they do it because they can.”

“You showed me your love in the light of the stars.”