“He was a man, and a rich one, and these together made him believe the planets and moons orbited around the single point of his desires.”
― Wild Beauty
― Wild Beauty
“No," he said. He said it without sadness, because however he had died to the gray world and the soft, olive-leafed world before that, he was in this world now. Estrella's.
This was the place he was coming back to life.”
― Wild Beauty
This was the place he was coming back to life.”
― Wild Beauty
“Everything that had cursed them had made a home of this ground. It had grown tendrils and shoots. It had twisted and curled, and shot out thorns. They had to dig their hands in as deep as the earth would let them. They could not free themselves by deadheading flowers and crushing leaves.
They would change nothing by picking flowers.
They had to rip out their fate by the roots.
”
― Wild Beauty
They would change nothing by picking flowers.
They had to rip out their fate by the roots.
”
― Wild Beauty
“There was magic to things that were familiar and ordinary. The way they were known was a kind of enchantment, and when they were gone, the spell broke.”
― Wild Beauty
― Wild Beauty
“Don't be so afraid to die. [...] If you [Neil] are, you have no place on our court."
"We're talking about a sport, not a death match."
"Same difference," Aaron said. "You're playing for Class I team with Kevin on your line. People are always willing to bleed for him.”
― The Foxhole Court
"We're talking about a sport, not a death match."
"Same difference," Aaron said. "You're playing for Class I team with Kevin on your line. People are always willing to bleed for him.”
― The Foxhole Court
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