“They would fade away-and I would be left alone to face the people at school,and the reporters,and Adriane,and all the places where Max had taken my hand or breathed in my ear or told me he loved me,and the emptiness that used to be Chris.”
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―
“If you can't remember something, did it really happen?”
― Skinned
― Skinned
“And you know what? If there is a God, and it's that same God who's so eager to have temples built in honor of his greatness, and wars fought over him, and people dropping to their knees telling him what a wonderful, magnificent being he is? If this all-powerful, all-knowing creature for some reason just can't get by without my worship? Then let him give me some proof. Or at least get over himself if I decide to go out and get some.”
― The Book of Blood and Shadow
― The Book of Blood and Shadow
“Nor did I need anyone's pity, but I would accept it with grace, because I have been well trained. Rudeness was a sign of weakness. Grace stemmed from power, the powere to accept anything and move on.”
― Skinned
― Skinned
“Chris loved you," I said, and the truth of it was almost a physical pain.
She wouldn't look at me. "No he didn't. And he would have figured it out eventually. So would you? Then where would I have been?"
"Not here.”
― The Book of Blood and Shadow
She wouldn't look at me. "No he didn't. And he would have figured it out eventually. So would you? Then where would I have been?"
"Not here.”
― The Book of Blood and Shadow
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