“I can’t protect this world and care about it.” Kate met his gaze. “That’s the only way to do it.” He folded forward. “I can’t.” “Why not?” “Because it hurts too much.” He shuddered. “Every day, every loss, it hurts.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“Corpse—another simple word that did so little work, failed to describe something that was once a person, and now was simply a shell.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“Some things don’t need to be said to be known.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“August had never been afraid of dying, for all he thought about it. It bothered him, of course, the idea of being unmade, but his own death was a concept he couldn’t grasp, no matter how hard he tried. But loss—that was a thing that scared him. The loss of those he cared for.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“I know it hurts,” she said. “So make it worth the pain.” “How?” “By not letting go,” she said softly. “By holding on, to anger, or hope, or whatever it is that keeps you fighting.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
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