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“I just know there’s no way to live without pain—no matter how long or short your life is. People let you down. You get hurt and do damage in return.”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
“What are you two doing barefoot and half naked in the mud?" asked a familiar voice. "Looking for truffles, I hope?”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
“They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things—if love can ever be called that.”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
“When evening fell the boy would bring the girl a glass of tea, a slice of lemon cake, an apple blossom floating in a blue cup. He would kiss her neck and whisper new names in her ear: beauty, beloved, cherished, my heart.”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
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