Minerva Chavez

“I think, basic is something that only ever gets saidto women as a way to make them feel bad about themselves. And really men are the most basic people of all.”
― Jana Casale, How to Fall Out of Love Madly

“No matter how uncertain and unpredictable life gets, some people really do walk next to you for ever.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“We learn to keep our jagged bits inside for fear of appearing unattractive. I always thought there was a part of your messiness you saved for yourself, that no one else would ever see. It’s enormously humbling to realize how many times and ways my partner will pierce that. I can pretend I have all sorts of things together, but when I am at my most broken, he is still the person I turn to.”
― Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

“Avery had previously thought love was built on large, visible gestures, but a marriage turned out to be the accrual of ordinary, almost inconsequential, acts of daily devotion—washing the mugs left in the sink before bed, taking the time to run up or downstairs to kiss each other quickly before one left the house, cutting up an extra piece of fruit to share—acts easy to miss, but if ever gone, deeply missed.”
― Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters