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“My father brought flowers every time he got back from being on the road; a dozen roses for her and a single pink one for me. He always looked at her like she was the only woman in the room; in the entire universe, even.
I'm not sure everyone gets to have that kind of love, though. Sometimes I think I'm too much to be someone’s One. Too loud, too disorganised, too extra, too messy.”
― Shutout
I'm not sure everyone gets to have that kind of love, though. Sometimes I think I'm too much to be someone’s One. Too loud, too disorganised, too extra, too messy.”
― Shutout
“I'm lonely. I'm lonely because I don't tell people what I need or what I want, and then get hurt when they don't figure it out on their own.”
― My Favorite Half-Night Stand
― My Favorite Half-Night Stand
“. Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“Of course Death was beautiful. How else would anyone choose to go with him without putting up a fight?”
― Quicksilver
― Quicksilver
“Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone. It was n the way he uttered how beautiful I was, the way it made my heart soar. It was in the way I wanted to know everything about him -- his favorite songs, finally guess his favorite color.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
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