Jess Smith
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Though he was coming to realize that there was nothing about Lady Philippa Marbury that was at all like other women. And he was willing to guarantee that it would be impossible to forget her.
“His heart has a draft. It lets in light. It lets in storms. It lets in everything.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“But a life without art, without wonder, without beautiful things—she would go mad. She has gone mad.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“Because time is cruel to all, and crueler still to artists. Because visions weakens, and voices wither, and talent fades.... Because happiness is brief, and history is lasting, and in the end... everyone wants to be remembered”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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