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“Sometimes the signs were subtle, like a fleeting shadow or an echo in the trees. Other times, the island wasn’t gentle with her words. This wasn’t like the gentle shift of wind before a storm. Something dead had woken.”
― Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting

“This pain inside me was like broken glass clutched in a fist. I knew it was drawing blood. Bleeding me out, all day, every day. But still, I couldn’t just open my fingers and let it go. Because this wasn’t that kind of love.”
― Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting

“There are spells for breaking and spells for mending. But there are no spells for forgetting,” I warned her.”
― Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting

“I loved her long before that. I don't really remember a time that I didn't love her.”
― Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting