“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” And that’s when I started crying. Crying like a kindergarten kid in front of everyone. Crying because Joseph wasn’t just my friend. I had his back. And he had mine. That’s what greater love is.”
― Orbiting Jupiter
― Orbiting Jupiter
“Unlike her, I had the great blessing of a place to go where I would not be judged by the state of my gloves, nor what missteps I had taken.”
― Castle of the Winds
― Castle of the Winds
“Courage is love defying fear.”
― Drake Hall
― Drake Hall
“That’s how it works, doesn’t it? We are saved by saving others.”
― Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
― Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
“Isn’t one of those Labors going down to hell?”
“There and back,” said Lieutenant Colonel Hupfer. “As I indicated to Ms. de la Peña, it’s a tough world, Beal.”
He leaned down over me and whispered, so quietly that no one else could hear, “But I think you already know that.”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
“There and back,” said Lieutenant Colonel Hupfer. “As I indicated to Ms. de la Peña, it’s a tough world, Beal.”
He leaned down over me and whispered, so quietly that no one else could hear, “But I think you already know that.”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
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