“Smile, beautiful girl,” said a stranger passing. “We are still alive! There is still hope!” She snatched the air from his lungs and drove him to his knees. “Smile,” she commanded as his eyes watered and his face turned red. “Smile for me. Tell me again about hope.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“The public may forget how handsome I am.” “I doubt it. Your face is on the money.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“I know the pain is bad,” said Elizaveta as she drifted through the thicket. “But the thorns will keep you from forcing the darkness to recede.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“Don't ask me to sacrifice the hope of the living for the comfort of the dead.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“Most of us can hide our greatest hurts and longings. It’s how we survive each day. We pretend the pain isn’t there, that we are made of scars instead of wounds.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
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