Miles firmly reminded himself that zombies didn’t exist. Ghosts, sure. Zombies, however, had never been proven. He knew that for a fact—he’d done a very thorough amount of research. A big part of the family business involved spending late
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“Who tells you to be quiet all the time?” Laurie’s words are a low, thickened spill of warm honey. “Pain is meant to take up space or else we wouldn’t know how to scream. Fuck making your agony silent to avoid disturbing others. Maybe they should be disturbed.”
― Hazelthorn
― Hazelthorn
“So you were too lazy to go to class?” A muscle ticks in Laurie’s jaw, but his voice doesn’t change. “Something like that. Wickwood is a shit school anyway and it’s in the middle of godforsaken nowhere. Weird, creepy stuff kept happening and every time I asked Grandfather if I could transfer, he said no because he hates me.”
― Hazelthorn
― Hazelthorn
“And I know that you’ve been dealt shitty hand after shitty hand, but you’re still here trying to be better.”
― Virulence: Book Two of the Bioluminescence Trilogy
― Virulence: Book Two of the Bioluminescence Trilogy
“Adam scoffed. “I don’t owe the world a damn thing. Let it burn. Serves it right.”
― Virulence: Book Two of the Bioluminescence Trilogy
― Virulence: Book Two of the Bioluminescence Trilogy
“His fingers clench into his sheet, relax, tighten, stretch out like roots still clotted with fresh soil. He is made of sticks and teeth and broken rose stems, his cheeks kissed with salt from tears he pretends he hasn’t wept. Loneliness haunts him. He needs to— wake up wake up wake up”
― Hazelthorn
― Hazelthorn
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