Alexis Player > Quotes

“But grief is pain, Finnian.”

“At the beginning, yes. But eventually, with time, grief becomes more like a whisper, a constant reminder of the impact a person had on your life.”
― Alexis Player, Wings of Wren

“But life had been a cruel teacher, and I understood the lesson it had taught me. Love was a fool’s wish, a momentary pleasure that drifted into despair as surely as the sun surrendered to the moon each night.”
― Alexis Player, Wings of Wren

“I was familiar with its black bars and eerie shadows. But if I closed my eyes and played pretend long enough, I could forget that I still lived there, in grief’s grip.”
― Alexis Player, Wings of Wren