Fireheart Tiger

She says--because darkness needs to be faced, needs to be denied--"You would have given me so much, in exchange for me giving up everything.

Life is too short to be ringed by other people’s expectations of proper behavior.

The lie wasn’t meant to be believed. It was just social grease, intended to keep wheels turning.

If love is what it takes to make her remember a girl in the midst of a fire, then how much can you trust her? How much can you trust that love?

Anyway, the fire doesn't matter. There will be other fires, my love, and we will survive them all.

Just because it makes sense doesn’t mean it needs to happen that way.

You don’t walk away. You don’t get to take what you want, what you think you’re due simply because no one has ever refused you.

We’re fighting each other, and in the end the board is clear for them to win.

A bargaining chip who didn’t turn out the right way. A clumsy oaf who can’t be trusted to do the right thing.

Ssshhh. It's all right." And does it matter that it's not, if it gets them through the night?

Please," Thanh says. Because Giang should be angry. Because Giang should be blaming her. Because--because anger is easier, and compassion hurts so much.