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Darkened Dawn (Way of Wings, #2)

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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

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“But when you become familiar with the dark, with slithering, rotting things, you forget the feeling of sunlight. You forget what you should miss.
And then there's no going back.”
― Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

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“He pulls apart the threads of my mind that keep me tied together. My bones become heavy like river stones. My eyes flutter closed, and I hear a change in the air, like the ice splintering along the edge of the pond in winter, thin and delicate. I am the ice: sharp, deadly. I will break if Levi isn't careful. I will slice him open if my edges are exposed.”
― Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

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“Maybe this is love, the things we endure for the other, the willingness to face death, to stare it down, and not be afraid.”
― Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

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“He had read somewhere that, for true writers, nothing was more important than their art, not even love.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“Happiness doesn't lie in conspicuous consumption and the relentless amassing of useless crap. Happiness lies in the person sitting beside you and your ability to talk to them. Happiness is clear-headed human interaction and empathy. Happiness is home. And home is not a house-home is a mythological conceit. It is a state of mind. A place of communion and unconditional love. It is where, when you cross its threshold, you finally feel at peace.”
― Dennis Lehane

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