“I may be in pain, but I am not weak.”
― Carve the Mark
― Carve the Mark
“There was a hunger inside me, and there always had been. That hunger was stronger than pain, stronger than horror. It gnawed even after everything else inside me had given up. It was not hope; it did not soar; it slithered, clawed, and dragged, and it would not let me stop.
And when I finally named it, I found it was something very simple: the desire to live.”
― Carve the Mark
And when I finally named it, I found it was something very simple: the desire to live.”
― Carve the Mark
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