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“Desperation can make a person do surprising things.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
“I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low.
'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.'
He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent.
'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.”
― Allegiant
'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.'
He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent.
'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.”
― Allegiant
“It's what you deserve to hear," I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. "That you're whole, that you're worth loving, that you're the best person I've ever known.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
“People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
“If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'll have to forgive me over and over again too. So forgiveness isn't the point. What I really should have been trying to figure out is whether we were still good for each other or not”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
Alcestis ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alcestis ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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26 friends
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1 book
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0 books
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254 books
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3,233 books
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1 book
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1 friend
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