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There was no way I could express fully this experience in words, because it was beyond words. Literally, I couldn’t speak about it properly. Words seemed trivial next to this pain.
“You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.”
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
“It's hard to think of someone so vulnerable and alone. It's hard to think of her, so vulnerable and alone.”
― Sadie
― Sadie
“I stood over her crib and listened to her breathing, watching the rise and fall of her tiny chest. I pressed my palm against it and felt myself through her. She was breathing, alive. And I was too.”
― Sadie
― Sadie
“I want to stop picking at life like it's a meal I don't want to eat, because I want to. I want to taste it all. I want life to be a feast, even if I have to eat it raw and bloody and burned some days. I will pick bones from my teeth. I will let the juice drip down my chin.”
― The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks
― The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks
“I live in a place that's only good for leaving.”
― Sadie
― Sadie
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