“Dying was and easy thing to accomplish, effortless in its agony. It was living that was hard, requiring endless toil and labor, and for all one's efforts, it could be stolen in an instant.”
― Stolen Songbird
― Stolen Songbird
“I think it is our nature to believe evil always has an ugly face,” he said, ignoring my question. “Beauty is supposed to be good and kind, and to discover it otherwise is like a betrayal of trust. A violation of the nature of things.”
― Stolen Songbird
― Stolen Songbird
“I cannot stop the world from moving. All I can do is be prepared for when it does.”
― Stolen Songbird
― Stolen Songbird
“They aren't ugly." I bit my lip, trying to find the right words. "more like beautiful things that have had the misfortune of being broken.”
― Stolen Songbird
― Stolen Songbird
“I wish I was not who I am. I wish I had met you in different circumstances, in a place far away from here, where there was no magic, politics and deception. Somewhere where things could be different between us. I wish I was someone else. But I am what and who I am, and all the wishes in the world will not change that.”
― Stolen Songbird
― Stolen Songbird
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