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“But what if it doesn't work out?"
When I answered her, I could hear the hope in my voice, "But what if it does?”
― Since You've Been Gone
When I answered her, I could hear the hope in my voice, "But what if it does?”
― Since You've Been Gone
“We are all dealt a hand at birth. A good hand can ultimately lose - just as a poor hand can win - but we must all play the cards the fate deals. The choices we face may not be the choices we want, but they are choices nonetheless.”
― A Curse So Dark and Lonely
― A Curse So Dark and Lonely
“So,” she mumbled, not sure how to finish that sentence – or what to do with her arms. Or where to stand.
It all felt awkward and weird and wrong-until fits dropped his crutches and gently pulled her into a hug.
“I don’t want to go,” he whispered.
“I don’t want you to either,“ she admitted, hoping her hushed tone hit the thickness of her voice.
She told herself not to pull him tighter so he wouldn’t feel how hard her heart was pounding. But she couldn’t help leaning closer when she realized his pulse felt just as crazy as hers.
She didn’t know what that meant.
But it felt like something.”
― Flashback
It all felt awkward and weird and wrong-until fits dropped his crutches and gently pulled her into a hug.
“I don’t want to go,” he whispered.
“I don’t want you to either,“ she admitted, hoping her hushed tone hit the thickness of her voice.
She told herself not to pull him tighter so he wouldn’t feel how hard her heart was pounding. But she couldn’t help leaning closer when she realized his pulse felt just as crazy as hers.
She didn’t know what that meant.
But it felt like something.”
― Flashback
“Magicians needed sorrow. And deep sorrow existed only because of love.”
― Enchantée
― Enchantée
“This was the Paris of the strivers, of those who dwelt low, not high. This was not the Paris of balloonists. It was her Paris, and it was the same as it had been this morning. But she, perhaps, was not.”
― Enchantée
― Enchantée
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