That’s the thing with trauma to the body—it shows up instantly. In breaks and bruises, in burns and in blood. But the trauma on the inside, that’s harder to see. It creeps around your mind, poisons you with disquiet. It can hit you out of
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“Your son is a liar, a cheater, and possibly a murderer. Your coddling and over-the-top mothering has gotten Adam into this mess. The best thing you could do as a mother is to take note from mine and kill yourself.”
― The Perfect Marriage
― The Perfect Marriage
“So often, people are uncomfortable with grief. It’s hard to look it in the eye of others. Because ultimately, we’re terrified that one day, grief will reflect in our own gaze, too, and we aren’t ready to face it. We’re never really ready.”
― Gold
― Gold
“He traced his knuckles over my cheek. “You don’t need to apologize to me, Pix. Because I don’t need to forgive you.” “Do you want, like, a Snickers or something?”
― Things We Left Behind
― Things We Left Behind
“Not all scars we earn are skin-deep, Freya Born-in-Fire.”
― A Fate Inked in Blood
― A Fate Inked in Blood
“Perhaps it just takes sitting at the edge of your world to find a little bit of hope.”
― Goldfinch
― Goldfinch
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