“Strong women will always bear the dangerous burden of a weaker man’s pride.”
“Don’t worry daddypops, he just wants a twirl with a true gentlelady.” “That he does my bubbakanoosh,” Hamish said, nodding firmly. “You remember what your Momma always said to do with men like that though, don’t you?” “Cut off their fingers then their dingers,”
― Shadow Princess
― Shadow Princess
“Well.” She smiles softly over at me. “You were this beautiful book that I started to read in Switzerland but I got interrupted and felt like I didn’t get to finish the story.” She takes a sip of wine. “But I always had your page turned down in hope that one day I could pick it back up to see how it ended.”
― The Heart You Kept
― The Heart You Kept
“And once we are gone from this earth, I will continue to love you among the stars. I will be the night, the darkest patch of sky around you, just to ensure that everyone can see how you sparkle. And once your light starts fading, I will take you into my black embrace, and that is where I will love you beyond death.”
― Shadows So Cruel
― Shadows So Cruel
“Yet sometimes being strong wasn’t about weathering storms alone. Sometimes being strong was admitting you needed someone.”
― War of Hearts
― War of Hearts
“All of this time, we had kept our distance from one another. I suddenly realised that, at least for my part, it was purely out of fear of losing another person that I loved. I had fooled myself into thinking that if I didn’t allow myself to get close to him, I wouldn’t miss him if he left. Stupid, stupid woman. Intimacy is only one string on the bow. The instrument still plays the music.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
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