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1 " Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. "
― Parker S. Huntington , Devious Lies (Cruel Crown, #1)
2 " What you're experiencing isn't a dry spell. It's a dust bowl. Tell me, do you find cob webs in there every time you get yourself off? "
― Parker S. Huntington , Asher Black (The Five Syndicates, #1)
3 " Lucy: Why do you want me to stay?Asher: Because I like you.Lucy: Why do you want me to go?Asher: Because I like you. "
4 " Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. "
― Parker S. Huntington , Niccolaio Andretti (The Five Syndicates, #2)
5 " Is this how Julia Roberts' character feels like in Pretty Woman? Two parts princess, one part whore? "
6 " Even if it means I’ll never be the man you give yourself to, I’ll always do anything to protect you. "
7 " I love words, because they're mine. Utterly, completely mine. I can share them with others. I can keep them to myself. I can use them over and over again. No matter what I do, they'll always be mine. No one can take them away from me "
― Parker S. Huntington
8 " The existence of a word proves that someone in the history of humanity felt the same way I did and gave it a name. It means we're not alone. If there's a word for what we're feeling, we're never alone "
9 " Forgiving others is a myth. The only prisoner freed when you forgive someone is you "
10 " You see, Princess Lily harbored a dark secret. The books she read were pirated "
11 " If I tell you anything worth learning, it’s this. Love is the most expensive thing you’ll ever own. You pay for it with grief, tears, and a piece of your soul, but in return, you receive happiness, memories, and life. "
12 " I knew myself well enough to know I didn’t survive books. They tore me to shreds. I’d never met an inanimate object as talented at breaking hearts as a book. "
― Parker S. Huntington , Darling Venom
13 " Suicide is a war of two fears—fear of death and fear of the thing that pushes you toward it. The stronger side always wins. And if you lose, the penalty is death. "
14 " Adolescent love is the greatest pain of all. It teaches you the power other people have to destroy you. "
15 " The existence of a word proves that someone in the history of humanity felt the same way I did and gave it a name. It means we’re not alone. If there’s a word for what we're feeling, we’re never alone. "
16 " Ya’aburnee is Arabic for you bury me. It is the hope that you will die before your one true love because you cannot bear to live without them. "
17 " She was broken. I was destroyed. This had disaster written all over it. "
18 " People assume strength is loud. In reality, strength is silent. It is resilience, the will to never surrender your dignity. And sometimes, the only person who knows strength exists inside you is you. "
19 " It was a promise I shouldn’t have made. One that defied the hardest lesson I’d ever learned. Love is expensive. Its currency is grief. And sometimes, it costs more than you can afford. "
20 " Pain is growth. Fear is risk. You can’t be happy if you’re not growing and taking risks. "