“It wasn’t easy. The world was complicated. Life was hard. And so often, living hurt. So make it worth the pain.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“In an auditorium full of stares, his was the gaze she felt. in a classroom full of students learning lies, he scribbled the truth in the margins. In a school that clung to the illusion of safety, he didn't shy from talk of violence. He didn't belong there, the way she didn't belong there, and that shared strangeness made her feel like she knew him.”
― This Savage Song
― This Savage Song
“The world was complicated. Life was hard. And so often, living hurt. So make it worth the pain.”
― 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 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
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