“ And why love things you were destined to lose? Why let yourself feel things if the feelings were doomed to die? Garth Risk Hallberg
“ Do people always fall in love with things they can't have?''Always,' Carol said, smiling, too. Patricia Highsmith
“ She had seen just now what she had only sensed before, that the whole world was ready to be their enemy, and suddenly what she and Carol had together seemed no longer love or anything happy but a mons… Patricia Highsmith
“ He was waiting, I think, for me to cross that space and take him in my arms again—waiting, as one waits at a deathbed for the miracle one dare not disbelieve, which will not happen. James Baldwin
“ She was limp and pathetic and woozy and I loved her, I realised, even more because I knew how completely it was doomed. Olivia Sudjic
“ Marry me, Rachel.''Not yet.''Tomorrow, Rachel. Marry me.''Maybe tomorrow.''There is no common blood between us. Say it,' pleads Zachariah.'There is no common blood between us,' murmurs Rachel.'I am no… Emma Richler
“ Avalon is full of desperate people.’ She bites at her lower lip this time, fumbling her hands, knitting her fingers into the bundle of plastic coin bags in her grasp. ‘Are you implying that I’m desper… Charlotte Munro
“ Dear Matthew-There's one more thing I didn't get to tell you that night in my bedroom. Here it is: I love you. I'm in love with you. I have been for a long time. This might seem like a strange thing f… Cammie McGovern
“ Oh yes, it's very tragic. Why does everyone always like love stories? What about absence-of-love stories? Aren't they much more common? Gabrielle Zevin
“ But this kiss? It's ruined me. This is the type of kiss I never knew existed. It's like falling and flying, all in the same moment. Leisa Rayven
