“I accepted because mysterious ladies offering bourbon under the stars is very much my aesthetic.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“We are all stardust and stories.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“Not because I couldn't exist on my own, but sometimes I just didn't want to.
Sometimes I just wanted to let my guard down, let the pieces of me fall to the ground, and know that I had someone there who could put me back together without minding the sharp bits.”
― The Dead Romantics
Sometimes I just wanted to let my guard down, let the pieces of me fall to the ground, and know that I had someone there who could put me back together without minding the sharp bits.”
― The Dead Romantics
“I began to realize that love wasn’t dead, but it wasn’t forever, either. It was something in between, a moment in time where two people existed at the exact same moment in the exact same place in the universe.”
― The Dead Romantics
― The Dead Romantics
“Giving you Annie's legacy and watching it flourish was under your pen was a blessing. And this? And suddenly this no longer felt like a conversation. It felt like a goodbye. These last few days have been beautiful. It's a good ending, darling. And as your editor I have no notes”
― The Dead Romantics
― The Dead Romantics
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