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Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)

by T.J. Klune (Goodreads Author)

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“The town was quiet in that cozy, sleepy way that if you closed your eyes, you could almost hear the valley breathe as wind crept through it, between the buildings, and was sighed out again.”
― Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

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“I just didn't want to be here anymore. I wanted to get lost. I wanted to burrow myself somewhere out in the woods with my favorite books and a bottle of wine, and never see anyone again. Never have the opportunity to meet someone new. Never give my heart the chance to fall again.”
― Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

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“Because a romance isn't supposed to be realistic. If it was, every story would end with everyone dying alone in an old folks' home.”
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“To remind us that like a starling’s song, all stories are different,”
― Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

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“So who could blame me for sinking into books, where I knew the people weren’t real, but they also never disappointed me? I knew everything would work out in the end. I knew happy endings were destined, ever afters fated, and no matter what trials and tribulations and, well, surprise fuckups happened, things would end up okay. I just needed a story—or maybe a few hundred stories of happily ever after—to escape mine.”
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