“Nina understood, maybe for the first time, that letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“But a good life is knowing people care about you, knowing you can take care of the people that count on you.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“How were you supposed to change- in ways both big and small- when your family was always there to remind you of exactly the person you apparently signed an ironclad contract to be?”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Family is found...whether it be blood or circumstance or choice, what binds us does not matter. All that matters is that we are bound.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“She was a woman, after all. Living in a world created by men. And she had long known that assholes protect their own. They are faithful to no one but surprisingly protective of each other.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
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