“If I threw a rock into the chasm between your talents and his, I don’t think I’d ever hear it hit bottom.” It was so uncharacteristically rude Jean could only stare at him.”
― The Golden Raven
― The Golden Raven
“Brown like the soil in Rhemann’s garden, or the sand where the tide washed ashore, or the dirt roads Cat had led him down time and again. Brown like the gaze that sought Jean out in every room, but that last thought wasn’t one he could linger on.”
― The Golden Raven
― The Golden Raven
“How Jean’s kind heart had survived a place like Evermore, Jeremy wasn’t sure. It was bruised and bleeding, but it wasn’t broken.”
― The Golden Raven
― The Golden Raven
“It was Rhemann’s voice in his head, Rhemann’s and his friends’ and Neil’s, drowning out his miserable thoughts and excuses with unrelenting force. Jean squeezed his hands until his fingers went numb and willed himself to believe the words as he slowly spoke them into existence: “I deserve to get better.”
― The Golden Raven
― The Golden Raven
“Fuck what I deserve. What about what I want?”
― The Golden Raven
― The Golden Raven
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