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“It’s so fucking hard.” He puts a hand on my back, and after a long pause, he says, “Hard things are the right things. Remember that?” I cry because I don’t fucking know if I’ll ever be the same. He scoots closer. “One step at a time. I know it’s hell. I know you want to give up. I know it fucking hurts. Just one step, one more time, Ryke. We’re doing this together. You and me.”
― Krista Ritchie, Long Way Down

“I’ve been scared of the dark, of strangers and things that go bump in the night. I never want to be scared of an unknown future, of risks. It’s the one fear that I choose to never have.”
― Krista Ritchie, Long Way Down

“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother. —Homer”
― Pierce Brown, Light Bringer

“And I see us in the sky. I see us in the sun and clouds. In the grass and trees. I see us in everything.”
― Krista Ritchie, Long Way Down