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“But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate.”
― The Familiar
― The Familiar
“There are different kinds of suffering, Valentina thought. The kind that takes you by surprise and the kind you live with so long, you stop noticing it.”
― The Familiar
― The Familiar
“The best kind of love doesn’t happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life. It’s not grand gestures that show how you feel, it’s all the little secret things you do to make her life better that you never tell her about.”
― Just for the Summer
― Just for the Summer
“Be glad you don’t get it. It means your life has been a lot gentler than hers.”
― Just for the Summer
― Just for the Summer
“Months later, a woman brought a fish home from the market and cut it open to find an emerald the size of her thumbnail. She thanked the fish, tucked the jewel into her pocket, and left the house, never to be seen again. Her husband, a drunkard with heavy fists, found only the fish, which he was forced to prepare himself for dinner. He choked on a bone and was buried in a pauper's grave.”
― The Familiar
― The Familiar
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