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“Sometimes reality strays so far from what’s rational that we can only explain it through fantasy.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“Plant your new garden with the seeds of equality, water it with tolerance and empathy, and warm it with the temperate heat of truth.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“When someone deviates from an accepted norm, they signal a gap in the system. A hole that hasn’t been plugged. The danger with exposing a foundation’s failings is it opens the door to the possibility that it’s a faulty structure altogether and should be torn down and built anew.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“One day I waited for her to go to work, and the instant I was alone with Perla, I snapped.
“My fucking life is ruled by more protocols than a Jane Austen character!”
It might have been the nerdiest meltdown in history.”
― Lobizona
“My fucking life is ruled by more protocols than a Jane Austen character!”
It might have been the nerdiest meltdown in history.”
― Lobizona
“Manuela de La Mancha,” says a deep voice. It sounds strange to hear such a long name, but that’s the manada I’m pretending to be from.
“Hola, Marilén,” I say to Tiago and Saysa’s great-grandmother, whom I met moments ago.
“No sos bruja.” You’re not a witch.
My tongue feels like sandpaper, and my mouth seals dry. Since our wolf-shadows roam outside the Citadel, and my fangs and claws are retracted, I didn’t think there would be any indicator of my identity—
“No te preocupes, no vengo a interrogarte.” Don’t worry, I’m not here to interrogate you.
She moves closer, and the way her steely eyes seem to see more than others reminds me of Perla. “Toda la vida soñé con conocerte,” she whispers. My whole life I’ve dreamt of meeting you.
Her long black hair is in a tight, elegant bun that pulls her skin, stretching it so that if there’s a single wrinkle, I don’t see it. “La primera de nosotras que nació fuera de su jaula.”
The first of us to be born outside her cage.”
― Lobizona
“Hola, Marilén,” I say to Tiago and Saysa’s great-grandmother, whom I met moments ago.
“No sos bruja.” You’re not a witch.
My tongue feels like sandpaper, and my mouth seals dry. Since our wolf-shadows roam outside the Citadel, and my fangs and claws are retracted, I didn’t think there would be any indicator of my identity—
“No te preocupes, no vengo a interrogarte.” Don’t worry, I’m not here to interrogate you.
She moves closer, and the way her steely eyes seem to see more than others reminds me of Perla. “Toda la vida soñé con conocerte,” she whispers. My whole life I’ve dreamt of meeting you.
Her long black hair is in a tight, elegant bun that pulls her skin, stretching it so that if there’s a single wrinkle, I don’t see it. “La primera de nosotras que nació fuera de su jaula.”
The first of us to be born outside her cage.”
― Lobizona
“You can't let others' close mindedness impact your mindset. That's the quickest path to failure. The only thing you can control is yourself.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“Anything you do that’s traditional wolf territory could be challenged by some zealot, and you could wind up before the tribunal. I’ve been studying their decisions, and they tend to be led by their pragmatism. Our world is gray, and rapidly gray-ing, and the tribunal navigates it by sticking to a determinedly black-and-white approach. They rule by the book and can’t be swayed by emotion. If you don’t fit the exact letter of the law, they see you as going against it.”
“So what do I do?”
“You can’t break a law that doesn’t apply to you.”
“Meaning?”
“If you’re undocumented, you’re unwritten. Embrace that.”
“You’re saying if no one’s told my story before ... I get to tell it the way I want?”
“Exactly.”
― Lobizona
“So what do I do?”
“You can’t break a law that doesn’t apply to you.”
“Meaning?”
“If you’re undocumented, you’re unwritten. Embrace that.”
“You’re saying if no one’s told my story before ... I get to tell it the way I want?”
“Exactly.”
― Lobizona
“... If my life sucks, that just means it hasn't peaked yet I'm in the middle of my story and every tomorrow could be my happily ever after.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“The texts are pristine, printed in colors so brilliant, the ink looks fresh. Every few feet, a spine pushes in between adjacent texts, like a new book has just been birthed. It’s a living library.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“Hay horrores en el mundo que resultan imposibles de explicar. El propio pueblo natal de García Márquez sufrió una masacre muy parecida a la de Macondo… A veces, la realidad se aleja tanto de lo que es racional que solo podemos explicarla a partir de la fantasía.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“If there's no word in any known vocabulary to encapsulate me, that just means language can't define me. A label can't hold me. I'm beyond classification. I'm an original. I'm - 'Undocumented.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“It feels like my friend's have dropped their armor because there are parents in charge now, so everything will be fine. But it's hard to find the magic in bubbles when you've seen how easily they pop.”
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“After everything I have done to prove that you can trust me— abiding your request to wait eight weeks, apologizing to you for my behavior— you still assume the worst of me. Will it always be like this?"
"William, you haven't exactly been a saint."
"And you think I am the prejudiced one?”
― The Last Vampire
"William, you haven't exactly been a saint."
"And you think I am the prejudiced one?”
― The Last Vampire
“She knows this novel much better than I do.”
I’m not just saying it to make amends. It’s true.
“Actually, you’re the newly crowned expert,” says Salma without looking at me.
Our teacher is still staring at me like she’s trying to figure something out, and not for the first time, I get the sense she knows all my secrets.
“You can keep your crown,” I say, and I hear Tiffany’s heavy exhale, like Salma and I are being childish. “I don’t know why any woman would like this novel, given how misogynistic it is. Lucy is pretty much the portrait of a damsel in distress, and she and Mina and the brides of Dracula are only seen through the male gaze.”
“That’s ridiculously reductive,” says Salma in a haughty tone that reminds me of William. “Mina is the strongest character in the book. She defies gender roles by playing a crucial part in defeating Dracula. She’s the fu-reaking heroine of the story!”
― The Last Vampire
I’m not just saying it to make amends. It’s true.
“Actually, you’re the newly crowned expert,” says Salma without looking at me.
Our teacher is still staring at me like she’s trying to figure something out, and not for the first time, I get the sense she knows all my secrets.
“You can keep your crown,” I say, and I hear Tiffany’s heavy exhale, like Salma and I are being childish. “I don’t know why any woman would like this novel, given how misogynistic it is. Lucy is pretty much the portrait of a damsel in distress, and she and Mina and the brides of Dracula are only seen through the male gaze.”
“That’s ridiculously reductive,” says Salma in a haughty tone that reminds me of William. “Mina is the strongest character in the book. She defies gender roles by playing a crucial part in defeating Dracula. She’s the fu-reaking heroine of the story!”
― The Last Vampire
“Despite my horror, I'm still struck by his perfectly chiseled face. As if it had been sculpted by one of those Italian masters whose works fill the world's most prominent museums.
"What do you want?" I ask, my heart punctuating every syllable.
His mouth widens, revealing those sharp fangs, and I gasp.
"You."”
― The Last Vampire
"What do you want?" I ask, my heart punctuating every syllable.
His mouth widens, revealing those sharp fangs, and I gasp.
"You."”
― The Last Vampire
“Then his lips part— and I gasp as a chilly tingle whispers across my body, like stepping outdoors on a frigid night. Far from painful, the touch of winter is soothing.
Because inside, I’m on fire.”
― The Last Vampire
Because inside, I’m on fire.”
― The Last Vampire
“Sometimes reality strays so far from what's rational that we can only explain it through fantasy.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.”
― Castle of the Cursed
― Castle of the Cursed
“Her mane of unruly spirals sets off the delicate features of her face, her beauty striking him suddenly.
Still, it will not save her.
“Take off your coat,” he commands.
She steps back. “Your mind control doesn’t work on me anymore.”
“Would you prefer I overpower you?”
He takes a large step forward, and she backs up into the tall-stemmed plants, looking around in desperation for a way out.
When she cannot find one, she looks at him again. Her golden eyes are large and glassy, twin suns that cannot win against the night.”
― The Last Vampire
Still, it will not save her.
“Take off your coat,” he commands.
She steps back. “Your mind control doesn’t work on me anymore.”
“Would you prefer I overpower you?”
He takes a large step forward, and she backs up into the tall-stemmed plants, looking around in desperation for a way out.
When she cannot find one, she looks at him again. Her golden eyes are large and glassy, twin suns that cannot win against the night.”
― The Last Vampire
“How could you figure this out when I cannot?" he asks.
She crosses her arms, too proud to face his logic. "Such arrogance from someone who doesn't even know who Einstein is!"
"Who?"
"Exactly.”
― The Last Vampire
She crosses her arms, too proud to face his logic. "Such arrogance from someone who doesn't even know who Einstein is!"
"Who?"
"Exactly.”
― The Last Vampire
“H-how do you think our love story ranks among the greats?” she asks through a watery grin.
He gives her a sad smile. “Better than Romeo and Juliet.”
“And Jane and Rochester.”
“And Elizabeth and Darcy,” he says, his voice tender. "William and Lorena. Ours will be the best story never told.”
”Lorena and William sounds better.”
“Always trying to get the last word.”
― The Last Vampire
He gives her a sad smile. “Better than Romeo and Juliet.”
“And Jane and Rochester.”
“And Elizabeth and Darcy,” he says, his voice tender. "William and Lorena. Ours will be the best story never told.”
”Lorena and William sounds better.”
“Always trying to get the last word.”
― The Last Vampire
“Why did you have to pull a Bingley and Jane on them? They could’ve been good for each other, maybe even fallen in love—”
“Are we suddenly back in English class?” he asks, sounding bored. “Because I thought we were talking about real life.”
“What do you know about real life?”
“What do you know about falling in love?”
― The Last Vampire
“Are we suddenly back in English class?” he asks, sounding bored. “Because I thought we were talking about real life.”
“What do you know about real life?”
“What do you know about falling in love?”
― The Last Vampire
“No matter how many borders we cross, we can’t seem to outrun the fear of not feeling safe in our own homes.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
