When I fell, every future move exploded apart in my mind, a deck of cards thrown in the air.
“He was good. He had talent to burn. I wanted to tell everyone about him - about his writing.”
― Her Name Was Rose
― Her Name Was Rose
“You smell of honey and sunshine. Even after all that. The darkness of this world can't dim the light that shines from you, Eliane.”
― The Beekeeper's Promise
― The Beekeeper's Promise
“If I evaporated from this earth at this moment no one would really notice.”
― Her Name Was Rose
― Her Name Was Rose
“And I feel my heart beginning to unfurl and to reach outwards into the world again, like the delicate tendrils of a plant at the end of a long, long, spell of drought.”
― The Beekeeper's Promise
― The Beekeeper's Promise
“He had been in control, always. He had pulled the strings and I had danced. He had cut the strings and I had fallen - just as he must have known I would.”
― Her Name Was Rose
― Her Name Was Rose
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