“What if I jumped? Would anyone notice? No. Not for this princess. A smile tugged at my mouth. I raced for the cliff. My drab, gray dress streamed behind me as I ran, faster and faster, arms pumping, legs pushing. I didn’t think. I didn’t falter. One moment, my feet were tethered to the earth. The next, I was flying.”
― Shield of Sparrows
― Shield of Sparrows
“It saved me in more ways than I can count. Because I knew no matter how afraid I felt, I wasn't truly alone.
Angharad's eyes were shining now, too. "That's all I wanted, you know," she said. "When I was young-when I was your age.
I wanted just one girl, only one, to read my book and feel that she was understood, and I would be understood in return. Writing that book was like shining a beacon from a lighthouse, I suppose.
Are there any ships on the horizon? Will they signal back to me? I never got the chance to know. My husband's name was all over it, and his was the only ship I could see."
"I saw it," Effy whispered. "I see it. And it saved me.”
― A Study in Drowning
Angharad's eyes were shining now, too. "That's all I wanted, you know," she said. "When I was young-when I was your age.
I wanted just one girl, only one, to read my book and feel that she was understood, and I would be understood in return. Writing that book was like shining a beacon from a lighthouse, I suppose.
Are there any ships on the horizon? Will they signal back to me? I never got the chance to know. My husband's name was all over it, and his was the only ship I could see."
"I saw it," Effy whispered. "I see it. And it saved me.”
― A Study in Drowning
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