• kim shin, goblin (2016):

“mass is not proportional to volume. a girl as small as a violet. a girl who moves like a flower petal is pulling me toward her with more force than her mass. just then, like newton’s apple, i rolled toward her without stopping until i fell on her, with a thump. with a thump. my heart keeps bouncing between the sky and the ground. it was my first love.”

“all the time i’ve spent with you were all blindingly bright. because the day was good, because the day wasn’t good, because the day was just right.”

• jon krakauer, into the wild (1995):

“happiness is only real when shared.”

• celine, before sunrise (1995):

“isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”

“i believe if there's any kind of god it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. if there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. i know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? the answer must be in the attempt.”

• mr. darcy, pride and prejudice (1813):

“you have bewitched me body and soul, and i love, i love, i love you. and wish from this day forth never to be parted from you.”