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“Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ We say it when we miss somebody."
I sniffed.
"Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
I sniffed.
"Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“Before I could lose my courage, I said, "Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?"
I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. "Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then, we'll see.”
― The Last Olympian
I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. "Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then, we'll see.”
― The Last Olympian
“We may not get to choose how we die, but we can choose how we live.
The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.”
― We Are the Ants
The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.”
― We Are the Ants
“There's something about a place you've been with someone you love. It takes on a meaning in your mind. It becomes more than a place. It becomes a distillation of what you felt for each other. The moments you spend in a place with someone... they become part of its bricks and mortar. Part of its soul.”
― Lord of Shadows
― Lord of Shadows
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