Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. It freed itself, link by link, from where it had rested unobserved, waiting for him. My hands, which had been balled up and pressed against his chest, unfurled with it. The
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“Lovely eyes in colour, lovely eyes in form — large and tender and quietly thoughtful — but beautiful above all things in the clear truthfulness of look that dwells in their inmost depths, and shines through all their changes of expression with the light of a purer and a better world.”
― Complete Works of Wilkie Collins
― Complete Works of Wilkie Collins
“I STOPPED FIGHTING MY INNER DEMONS. WE’RE ON THE SAME SIDE NOW. —T-SHIRT”
― Second Grave on the Left
― Second Grave on the Left
“She finally understood that, no matter how hard you try, you can't make someone love you. You can't stop them from making the wrong decision. There's no magic for that.”
― First Frost
― First Frost
“Why do people always talk about how fast a car can get from naught to sixty? I mean, what’s the big deal about sixty miles an hour? It’s like people think aliens are going to land and only be able to do fifty-nine. They’ll suck out our brains unless we can do naught to sixty in less than ten seconds.”
― Say You're Sorry
― Say You're Sorry
“Her grandmother used to say something about how the air around you will turn white when things are about to change.”
― The Peach Keeper
― The Peach Keeper
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