“He nodded. “You’re right. It’s probably for the best.”
Bitterness rose in my throat. I hated things being for the best. They never really were. It was a phrase that sugarcoated the leftover crumbs of our options.”
― The Beauty of Darkness
Bitterness rose in my throat. I hated things being for the best. They never really were. It was a phrase that sugarcoated the leftover crumbs of our options.”
― The Beauty of Darkness
“You’re only human. And as humans, we can’t expect to shoulder all of our pain. Sometimes we have to share it with the people who love us so we don’t come crashing down from the weight of it all”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
“If we spend too much time reliving the past, it gets us nowhere.”
“That’s where I am, Rafe. Nowhere.”
― The Beauty of Darkness
“That’s where I am, Rafe. Nowhere.”
― The Beauty of Darkness
“You can stop swimming now, Lily. We finally reached the shore.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
“This world, it breathes you in … it knows you, and then it breathes you out again, shares you.”
― The Beauty of Darkness
― The Beauty of Darkness
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