jolie

“she sees the dead man and she sees that I made him that way and her fists clench and she shudders like an earthquake

we meet for the first time

hello little slaughter

this is what a goddess looks like”
― Henry Hoke, Open Throat

“I think of all the nights we'll spend together

this man and his guts and me”
― Henry Hoke, Open Throat

“I wonder if I'd been brave enough and tried to cross first

would he have found my body

or if we'd crossed together would we both have made it”
― Henry Hoke, Open Throat

“No," he says quietly. "In every universe, it's you for me. Even if it's not me for you.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place