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“In another life I reckon I could have loved you.” I tilt my head, looking up at him. “In another life I would have let you.”
― Jessa Hastings, Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it’s not proud. It doesn’t dishonour others, it’s not self-seeking, it’s not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
But it’s shit. It’s all a lie.”
― Jessa Hastings, Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home

“She could walk all over me, strangle me to death, and I wouldn’t notice. If the emerald eyes are out then I’m dying anyway.”
― Jessa Hastings, Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home

“Rummage through the drawer in my mind as fast as I can to find the words to tell her that I’m coming for her, I’m on my way back, that this is just the long way home.”
― Jessa Hastings, Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home