“Dance on broken glass,
build castles with shattered dreams
and wear your tears like precious pearls.
Proud.
Strong.
Unshakable”
―
build castles with shattered dreams
and wear your tears like precious pearls.
Proud.
Strong.
Unshakable”
―
“when you are broken
and he has left you
do not question
whether you were
enough
the problem was
you were so enough
he was not able to carry it”
― Milk and honey
and he has left you
do not question
whether you were
enough
the problem was
you were so enough
he was not able to carry it”
― Milk and honey
“But what was there to say?
Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief.
Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.”
― The God of Small Things
Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief.
Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.”
― The God of Small Things
“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.”
― Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
― Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
“This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
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