“New things are scary.” “They don’t have to be.” “How are they not?” “Because some of my favorite things I haven’t even done yet.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.”
― The Drowning Faith
― The Drowning Faith
“The sadness will last forever. It wasn’t a lie. There was sadness, and there was despair, and there was pain—but there was also laughter, and joy, and relief. There was never grief without love or love without grief, and I chose to think that my aunt lived because of them.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
― The Dragon Republic
― The Dragon Republic
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