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“Don't make your life about the loss. Make it about the love.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“I won't let your ignorance silence my pain”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“One thing,” she whispered, her lips by his jaw. She didn’t want anyone to overhear. “Before I forget.” “What’s that?” “Stop writing about me.” Only Eva could’ve noticed the change in his expression. She saw the flinch. The slow, satisfied curl of his lip. His bronzy-amber eyes flashing. It was like he’d been waiting years to hear those words. Like the girl whose pigtails he’d been yanking during recess all year had finally shoved him back. He looked gratified. In a voice both raspy and low, and so, so familiar, Shane said, “You first.”
― Tia Williams, Seven Days in June

“When you love someone for their mind, you can't expect that their heart will belong to you too.”
― Emily Suvada, This Mortal Coil