Admiration was a jewel rarer than any diamond, and a weapon sharper than any sword.
“One can be alone without feeling lonely,” she muses. “One can feel lonely without being alone.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“Some people keep their heart tucked so deep, they hardly know it’s there. But you, you have always worn it like a second skin. Open to the world. You feel it all. The love and pain. The joy and hope and sorrow. It will make your life harder, but it will also make it beautiful.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“I was a really lonely kid. The advantage to being unpopular is you get a lot more reading done.”
― Hell Bent
― Hell Bent
“Maybe they were just two killers, cursed to endure each other’s company, two doomed spirits trying to find their way home. Maybe they were monsters who liked the feeling of another monster looking back at them. But enough people had abandoned them both. She wasn’t going to be the next.”
― Hell Bent
― Hell Bent
“The hunger lives inside us all. To some it is an empty bucket. To others, a yawning pit. And yet, no matter how shallow or how deep it feels, here is a truth that will either drive you mad, or bring you peace.' He sits forward. 'There is no filling it. You will never be sated. It does not matter whether you drink a carafe or drain a city. The hunger will not ease.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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