“It was the water that protected me. It's the water that makes us strong.”
― The Sirens
― The Sirens
“We're all capable of good and bad. Very few of us show our real faces to the world. For fear that the world might stare back and scream.”
― The Other People
― The Other People
“He was his name. Sort of soft, and cuddly, and kind. But also brave and strong.”
― The Names
― The Names
“The rash on her legs is peeling, coming off her in great pale strips, like the discarded skin of a snake. Below it, the flesh isn't pink and raw, or dotted with blood. Instead it glimmers, changing color with the light of the storm. Green then blue, then the pinkish white of mother-of-pearl. Iridescent as scales.”
― The Sirens
― The Sirens
“Maybe we will drown or burn or starve one day, but until then we get to choose if we’ll add to that destruction or if we will care for each other.”
― Wild Dark Shore
― Wild Dark Shore
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