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Queen of Roses (Blood of a Fae, #1)

by Briar Boleyn (Goodreads Author)

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“We all have our own deserts. They may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find a purpose in life and be free.”
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“It amazed me how quickly a lie loses its power in the face of truth.”
― Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

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“If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.”
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“By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two
together in their sleep will defeat the darkness”
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“I inhaled books like other people breathe oxygen. I didn't just read for knowledge or pleasure, I read to live.”
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