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“You don’t have to work overtime to get people to love you, Ava. Love isn’t earned, it’s given.”
― Twisted Love
― Twisted Love
“This is my last love letter to you, though some would call it a confession. I suppose both are a sort of gentle violence, putting down in ink what scorches the air when spoken aloud.”
― A Dowry of Blood
― A Dowry of Blood
“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”
― The Prison Healer
― The Prison Healer
“I have one final promise to make to you, one I hope I will never break. I promise to live, richly and shamelessly and with my arms wide open to the world. If there was any part left of you at the end that wished our our great happiness, that truly wanted what was best for us, I think it would be pleased to hear me say it. I do not know if I have justified my choice to you, but I think I have justified it to myself, and that has brought me peace enough.”
― A Dowry of Blood
― A Dowry of Blood
“Safe does not mean happy, does not mean well, does not mean kind.”
― Gallant
― Gallant
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