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There are hands grabbing at my shoulders, clawing at me to stop. I don’t care, it only makes my knee press harder. My fists bludgeon him mercilessly. Why should I let up because he was stupid enough to step into this ring with me? Seems
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“I'm coming to learn that sometimes a found family is even better than the ones we're assigned at birth.”
― September Doves
― September Doves
“I wish I could save you from your lonely life", he spoke, his smile fading as he turned to face me.”
― Paracosm
― Paracosm
“But that's the thing," I say. My voice shakes. "Nothing makes me happy. Not really. It's not even that I don't like hockey, it's just... I don't like anything. Not enough to matter. All I ever wanted with hockey was a choice. I wanted to come with you when you moved. I didn’t care about the best opportunities. I was ten. I wanted my family. You could've retired in Buffalo, but you chose to come here and keep playing. You chose to leave me. And when you did finaly retire, instead of coming back, you stayed here.”
― Icebreaker
― Icebreaker
“Even this close to the heavens, the night is dull without you, Stiarna. Do what you must. Do what you have to live.”
― The Last Daughter
― The Last Daughter
“I remember that game. It was in the middle of a three-week stretch where I spent every moment of free time lying in bed, staring at the wall. I ate nothing but canned soup and bread amd butter, failed two major tests because I didn’t even show up, almost got put in the hospital by my billet family, and felt absolutely nothing the whole time.”
― Icebreaker
― Icebreaker
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