“am in flames, yet I do not burn.” He wiped the spit from the corners of his mouth. “That’s what Saint Agnes had to teach us. How even in the darkness there is still hope.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“He had long perfected the art of staring through people, leaving conversations to follow his daydreams through the back of their heads and out any open window.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“Flames are not just the end, they are also the beginning. For everything that you have destroyed can be rebuilt. From your own ashes you can grow again.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“As I reached out for help, everyone shrank back from me; they pulled away from fear that the fire would return”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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