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“You’re going nowhere, my little Persephone. I didn’t bring you back to my island just so you could leave, and I’m certainly not relieving you of your sentence. You’ll serve it at my goddamn side as the queen of my little underworld, and all your family will ever be able to do is watch.”
― Promises and Pomegranates
― Promises and Pomegranates
“Nothing is ever simple. And when it is, it's rarely every worth it.”
― From Blood and Ash
― From Blood and Ash
“Touch has a memory. O say, love, say, What can I do to kill it and be free?”
― Promises and Pomegranates
― Promises and Pomegranates
“I was pretending not to worry about the consequences of my isolation. But whenever I talked to anyone, I found myself overcompensating for the atrophy of my social muscles.”
― Luster
― Luster
“You’re warm and comfortable where you are now. Safe, even. It’s terrifying, trying to find courage to take a leap of faith, but you can’t spend eternity hiding. Eventually, you have to take the opportunities that are thrust upon you, and trust that the universe knows what it’s doing.”
― Promises and Pomegranates
― Promises and Pomegranates
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