“the truth was not always what people wanted to hear; sometimes it was better to keep the burden of truth to yourself.”
“Of course every person you meet in life has an impact on who you become, no matter how small the interaction, everything matters.”
“People, she knew, are rarely who they show themselves to be. There is always a lie, always a mask.”
“When hope fails all that follows is complete and utter despair. Without hope there is no despair.”
“It’s very complicated in your head, isn’t it,”
“What the hell happened, then? Where’s the body?’ Daniels was annoyed. ‘Out back in the conservatory, it’s all kinds of fucked up,’ Grey offered.”
“the prettier the packaging, the more emotionally expensive the contents.”
“the higher you put someone on a pedestal the further they have to fall.”
“trust once broken can never be repaired.”
“There is a gulf as wide as an ocean between should and want, and I am drowning in it.”
“The light is no mystery, the mystery is that there is something to keep the light from passing through.”
“The ache starts in my chest and spreads through my veins. The abuse I can handle; it's the happiness that cripples.”
“Chaperone?' Keefe whined. 'That's going to cramp my style.”
“But sometimes the world disrobes, slips its dress off a shoulder, stops time for a beat. If we look up at that moment, it's not due to any ability of ours to pierce the darkness, it's the world's brief bestowal. The catastrophe of grace.”
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