Martin Davies
And before she could leave she had a latter to write: a letter of farewell, an invitation, a promise, a letter that had been written before, countless times, by women preparing to make a journey.
Rules of Civility (2011)
Amor Towles
Chapter Twenty-Four: Thy Kingdom Come
—If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us, he said, then there wouldn’t be so much fuss about love in the first place.
The Matter of Seggri (2003)
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Birthday of the World: and Other Stories
I want very much to live among my people, to learn who they are, now that I know with at least an uncertainty who I am.