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"Chapter 5 and 6????? Eo… what happened was so impactful… I have no doubt it will shape Darrow’s future" — May 14, 2026 01:57PM
"Chapter 5 and 6????? Eo… what happened was so impactful… I have no doubt it will shape Darrow’s future" — May 14, 2026 01:57PM
“There are moments in your life, moments when chances have to be taken. It's scary because there is always the possibility of failure. I know that. I KNOW that. Because once upon a time, I took a chance on a man that I had failed before. I was SCARED. I was TERRIFIED. I thought I might lose everything. But I wasn't living, then. The life I had before wasn't LIVING. It was getting by. And I will never regret the chances I took. Because it brought me to them. To all of them. I made my choice. And you're making yours.
Don't you wish things could be different?”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
Don't you wish things could be different?”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Sometimes she cries because things are so beautiful and we keep messing them up. Because the world doesn’t have to be so terrifying. That’s on people, not the world.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“It's the little things, I expect. Little treasures we find without knowing their origin. And they come when we least expect them. It's beautiful, when you think about it.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Because even the bravest of us can still be afraid sometimes, so long as we don’t let our fear become all we know.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Sometimes our prejudices color our thoughts when we least expect them to. If we can recognize that, and learn from it, we can become better people.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
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