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“Because he knew, we both knew, that our friendship had always held the capacity for more. The air hummed thicker between us. It startled us with intermittent and unpredictable sparks. This wasn’t the one-way charge of seeing somebody attractive; the charge was striking in both directions.”

“ that’s the point your job doesn’t have to be your identity. It can just be a place you go that doesn’t define you or make you miserable. You deserve to be happy Harriet.”

You are in all of my happiest places. You ate where my mind goes when in needs to be soothed.

“She is everywhere and nowhere.”

fifteen years earlier

“You cannot hide the pain in your voice from the people who love you.”

“Those were real people who’s families no longer live there. They built something that a later generation let slip away.”

“Sometimes the only way to keep what you need, is to let go of what you want.”

Chapter 24

“From the moment he met her, he stripped away little pieces of her. It didn’t matter if that had never been his intention. The result was the same. She transferred for him. Left her first station where she had friends, she hauled sister along so she could keep the vow she made to Constance too. She married him. Lost his British citizenship for it.“

“I’m always afraid I’ll forget an idea. And yet, I can’t help but feel like I’m chasing butterflies, always thinking one is prettier but never catching one, because I can’t commit to the single chase.” 🦋

“Not only did it feel like we were on the same team, but there was a heightened awareness as if someone had started a countdown. I couldn’t write the sexual tension any better. Every simple touch was measured careful, as if we were matches in the middle of a fireworks cash, knowing too much friction would set the place ablaze.” Chapter 19

The only thought that keeps me going here is knowing you will be with me soon. Not that I regret volunteering for this war, after all, it brought me to you…”

Chapter 11