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1 " Girls like her don’t get to dream. Girls like her get to survive. Most days, that’s enough. Today, she doesn’t think it is. "
― Allison Saft , A Far Wilder Magic
2 " If he can’t grieve his father or his impossible dreams without hurting his family or himself, what other choice does he have but to keep things light? To dazzle people so they can’t look for the cracks? He’s survived this long by letting everyone believe he’s selfish and shallow. It’s better that way. No one knows how to hurt you if you always play the fool. "
3 " No matter what paltry justice this town levies, it won’t save their chances at winning, and it won’t make them safe. The hala isn’t the only monster in these woods. Humans are far worse. The hunt has never been for him and Margaret. It’s never been about protecting this town or about money or safety or glory. It’s not even about God. It’s about the poison at the heart of this country. "
4 " How many times will she watch someone leave this place and never look back, while she is left here like a ghost to haunt it? "
5 " You understand you've made a serious commitment, yes?" She wound her arms around his neck. "I might not let you go." "A terrible fate, indeed, to be your prisoner."When he kissed her again, she couldn't help smiling against hit mouth. "
― Allison Saft , Down Comes the Night
6 " Maybe the only difference between a monster and a hero was the colour of a soldier's uniform "
7 " You are not weak for grieving. For feeling anything. "
8 " It takes incredible strength to be kind in this world. To endure suffering instead of further it. "
9 " Was it so terrible to need someone else? Was kindness such a horrible burden to endure? "
10 " You're worth more than what you can do. "
11 " When had love become a weapon with which to destroy each other? "
12 " When she looks like this, flushed and hazy and haloed by the moon, he truly can believe God exists, and her name is Margaret Welty. "
13 " Girls like her don’t get to dream. Girls like her get to survive. "
14 " You're even more delusional than I thought if you think you can save the world by conquering it. "
15 " If any feeling would kill her, it was this one. She was in love with Hal Cavendish, and he would never know it. "
16 " In the dim porchlight, she looks like something out of a poem he read in school before he dropped out. "
17 " No one knows how to hurt you if you always play the fool. No one can be truly disappointed in you if they don’t expect any better. "
18 " I saw it the moment I laid eyes on him. He looks at the world like he wants to swallow it whole. "
19 " Justice got us here. Justice will kill us all.""So what do you propose instead?'"Forgiveness. "
20 " She could learn how to make the sting of abandonment fade into numbness. She could learn to detach until it felt like she wasn’t real at all. "