Life Reader
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“Wow. Glad I’m not a girl.” “The world is glad you’re not a girl. Truly, there should never be such a hideous female,”
“Because—" Juliette said. Her voice was no louder than a bare whisper. Yet in the quiet of the alley, with only Tyler's gasps, she was all that could be heard. "I love him. I love him, Tyler, and you tried to take him from me.”
― Our Violent Ends
― Our Violent Ends
“Dim-witted people offend me even further.'
'Oh dear,' Dora said mildly. 'That must be very difficult indeed.'
Already, the fair-haired man had begun to turn away from her - but he glanced back at that.
'Pardon?' he asked. 'What must be difficult, exactly?'
Dora smiled at him politely. 'Being offended at yourself so very often,' she said. 'That seems a sad way to live, my lord.”
― Half a Soul
'Oh dear,' Dora said mildly. 'That must be very difficult indeed.'
Already, the fair-haired man had begun to turn away from her - but he glanced back at that.
'Pardon?' he asked. 'What must be difficult, exactly?'
Dora smiled at him politely. 'Being offended at yourself so very often,' she said. 'That seems a sad way to live, my lord.”
― Half a Soul
“A lie often told enough will eventually be accepted as truth. - Acsah”
― Unveiled: Tamar
― Unveiled: Tamar
“Listen here, Miss Ettings! I am in love with you. You deserve to hear that. I love your wit and cleverness. I love that you are kind but almost never nice. I love your eyes and your hair and your freckles, and the fact that you smell like some monstrous floral perfume all of the time.” He paused, now looking somewhat offended at himself. “And I love to dance with you. That is the worst of it by far.”
― Half a Soul
― Half a Soul
“Success is only meant to be rented out, borrowed in small doses at a time, never to be owned completely, no matter what price you’re willing to pay.”
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
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