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“And in the morning it looks like ghosts have danced across the kitchen, and they pretend there were two instead of one.”

But also I wonder what Henry must’ve made a deal for because he ain’t normal either

She should’ve been super specific with her prayer to the darkness. Shouldn’t have gone to It in the first place bc look where we are now. Shout out to the prose though, its beautifully written

I mourn how much of womanhood is marked by stolen dreams and freedoms. An unfortunate experience that looms over so many of us it almost feels like fact, undeniable and expected.

“Adeline has decided she would rather be a tree, like Estele. If she must grow roots, she would rather be left to flourish wild instead of pruned, would rather stand alone, allowed to grow beneath the open sky. Better that than firewood, cut down just to burn in someone else’s hearth.”