“The trees were full of crows and the woods were full of madmen.
The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires.”
― Nettle & Bone
The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires.”
― Nettle & Bone
“Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.”
― Assassin's Apprentice
― Assassin's Apprentice
“They were girls who would never have ventured to our backwater village in any other life than the one that forced them to give up their own.”
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
“It isn’t fair to be the kind of creature who is able to love but unable to stay.”
― Migrations
― Migrations
“It is true that a wish is a piece of your soul. Because a true wish is something that if it never came true, it might break your heart.”
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
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