Kaiwei
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“It's like staring into a dark and treacherous expanse, unsure of what awaits you but finding comfort in the fact that you won't have to face it alone.
It was a son of Apollo falling for a son of Hades.
It was this.”
― The Sun and the Star
It was a son of Apollo falling for a son of Hades.
It was this.”
― The Sun and the Star
“I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Why does anyone want anyone else? [...] We do not love because people deserve it - nor would I want to be loved because I was the most deserving of some list of candidates. I want to be loved for my worst self as well as my best. I want to be forgiven my flaws.”
― The Prisoner’s Throne
― The Prisoner’s Throne
“It saved me in more ways than I can count. Because I knew no matter how afraid I felt, I wasn't truly alone.
Angharad's eyes were shining now, too. "That's all I wanted, you know," she said. "When I was young-when I was your age.
I wanted just one girl, only one, to read my book and feel that she was understood, and I would be understood in return. Writing that book was like shining a beacon from a lighthouse, I suppose.
Are there any ships on the horizon? Will they signal back to me? I never got the chance to know. My husband's name was all over it, and his was the only ship I could see."
"I saw it," Effy whispered. "I see it. And it saved me.”
― A Study in Drowning
Angharad's eyes were shining now, too. "That's all I wanted, you know," she said. "When I was young-when I was your age.
I wanted just one girl, only one, to read my book and feel that she was understood, and I would be understood in return. Writing that book was like shining a beacon from a lighthouse, I suppose.
Are there any ships on the horizon? Will they signal back to me? I never got the chance to know. My husband's name was all over it, and his was the only ship I could see."
"I saw it," Effy whispered. "I see it. And it saved me.”
― A Study in Drowning
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