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“Don’t focus on the darkness and sadness,” she says, and I glance up at her. She smiles warmly. “If you do, you won’t see the light even if it’s staring you in the face.”
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?"
"Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. They only care about souls.”
― The Invocations
"Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. They only care about souls.”
― The Invocations

“Some are born for peopling; I was born for anything that doesn’t include that.”
― Vicious Prince
― Vicious Prince

“For every life I can’t save during my shift, one more drop of blood becomes a part of me. No matter how many times I wash my hands, our martyrs’ blood seeps beneath my skin, into my cells. By now it’s probably encoded in my DNA.”
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, “This is love.” God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, “This is love.”
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye

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