“Ryke lets out a weak laugh, his eyes reddening. “I love your daughter like the sun, and I could say and do a thousand things, and you’d never accept me.”
― Addicted After All
― Addicted After All
“I’m drowning in him, without the promise of sweet relief in either deliverance or death. “Don’t try to run,” he says, staring into my eyes. “I can see you want to, but don’t.” “Why?” “I will always chase you.”
― Once You're Mine
― Once You're Mine
“It’d been better than the movies, I swear to God.”
― Nothing Like the Movies
― Nothing Like the Movies
“It’s so beautiful,” I whisper, not wanting to disrupt anyone’s meal. “Yes, it is.” I turn to look at him with a smile on my face, only to find him already staring at me. “This way,” he says.”
― Once You're Mine
― Once You're Mine
“People make mistakes every day, some small and some big, but I just wonder when I’ll stop making them. Or is this a lifelong thing? Do we all just wander through life, fucking up and trying to put ourselves back together only to continue on again? Are we the accumulation of our mistakes? A part of me regrettably thinks so. My failures have defined me more than my triumphs. But I don’t want to live in that hopeless reality. Not anymore. I want to be the accumulation of my failures, my successes, of all the people I’ve ever met, of the man I love, and the life I want. I want to be defined by so many factors that it’s too complicated for any mathematician to piece apart. That would be the perfect life. Not good or bad. Just complex.”
― Thrive
― Thrive
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