“We're meant to go. We're not meant to stay forever.”
― Uprooted
― Uprooted
“There was a song in this forest, too, but it was a savage song, whispering of madness and tearing and rage.”
― Uprooted
― Uprooted
“They do make love stories for girls with black hearts after all. They go like this.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“I'm glad," I said, with an effort, refusing to let my mouth close up with jealousy. It wasn't that I wanted a husband and a baby; I didn't, or rather, I only wanted them the way I wanted to live to a hundred someday, far off, never thinking about the particulars. But they meant life: she was living, and I wasn't.”
― Uprooted
― Uprooted
“On our wedding night," she said, "I will cut out your tongue and swallow it. Then both tongues that spoke our marriage vows will belong to me, and I will be wed only to myself. You will most likely choke to death on your own blood, which will be unfortunate, but I will be both husband and wife and therefore not a widow to be pitied.”
― And I Darken
― And I Darken
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