“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
“Dull was okay. I knew how to deal with dull. But when you’ve had a taste of magic, it’s hard to be satisfied with the ordinary again.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“All I ever wanted is to spend the rest of my life with you.”
― The Housemaid's Wedding
― The Housemaid's Wedding
“I stopped and took a deep breath. I wasn’t going to give another man the power to hurt me.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“Avoidance has always been my coping mechanism. If I don’t think about it, it doesn’t matter. My day goes on.”
― The Fabric of Our Souls
― The Fabric of Our Souls
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