But that’s what people think when their loved ones die, isn’t it? They keep thinking it’s only temporary.
“Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?” Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment.
“No” I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. “Tell me.”
"I can't.”
― The Cruel Prince
“No” I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. “Tell me.”
"I can't.”
― The Cruel Prince
“A reader lives a thousand lives. You’re always off somewhere, Bellamy, exploring other worlds. You have many lives.”
― Bellamy and the Brute
― Bellamy and the Brute
“If you ever let some girl paw you like that again, I’ll rip her arm off and beat you with it.”
― Bellamy and the Brute
― Bellamy and the Brute
“Illness and disability make people uncomfortable. They don’t want to look straight at it, because it reminds them of how fragile they are, too.”
― Bellamy and the Brute
― Bellamy and the Brute
“There is so much about the world we don’t understand, my mother often said. Who are we to tell others what is true, or what they ought to believe?”
― Bellamy and the Brute
― Bellamy and the Brute
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