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“The air between them filled with all that remained unsaid. All that should be said.
Yet wasn't.”
― Renee Ahdieh, Flame in the Mist

“The entire time she'd watched him - waited for him to join her, even in death - her features had remained serene. A flame in the mist.”
― Renee Ahdieh, Flame in the Mist

“Beautiful words were beautiful words, even to the most practical of minds.”
― Renee Ahdieh, Flame in the Mist

“Curious had been the word most often ascribed to her
when she was younger. She’d been the watchful sort of child. The one conscious of every mistake. When Mariko had erred, it had usually been intentional. An attempt to push barriers. Or a desire to learn. Usually it was that. A wish to know more. As she grew from a curious child into an even more curious young woman, the word she most often overheard at her back was odd. Much too odd. Far too prone to asking questions.
Far too apt to linger in places she wasn’t meant to be.”
― Renee Ahdieh, Flame in the Mist