“What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like we leave that world to see ours anew.”
― The Secret Book of Flora Lea
― The Secret Book of Flora Lea
“He laughs and for some reason it sounds like I'm ringing the doorbell of the home I grew up in.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
“I’ll wear it like a badge of honour forever that he loved me first, that he loved me at all.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
“I'm starting to wonder if this is what being in love is. Being okay with ripping yourself to shreds, so the other person can stay whole.”
― The Love Hypothesis
― The Love Hypothesis
“Because she’s yours. And even when she isn’t yours, she still is.”
― Daisy Haites
― Daisy Haites
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