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Kissed by the Gods (The Eternal Wars, #1)

by Caty Rogan (Goodreads Author)

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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)

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Fallen Stars (Heavenly Bodies, #2)

by Imani Erriu

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“Later, much later, she said the same, that it was love pre first site, that she'd walked around that whole morning and afternoon somehow knowing that this would be the last first date of her life.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

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“The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It's not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that's no badge of honor.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

tags: bravery, courage, sensitivity

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“All life. You are never finish, never done. Never become, always becoming. You know? Life is change so is always okay you are not there yet.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

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“The present has become discontinuous. Each day, even each hour of each day, replaces and makes irrelevant the time before, and the events of our lives make sense only in relation to a perpetually updating timeline of news content.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

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“I just feel a little bit sad. Sad isn't bleeding. Sad is okay”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

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