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141 " Nothing revives the cup of life more than a caustic splash of death. "
― Leylah Attar , 53 Letters for My Lover (53 Letters for My Lover, #1)
142 " When I think of God, I think of all these magical, inexplicable things, multiplied by infinity. "
― Leylah Attar , The Paper Swan
143 " I don’t know who moved first, maybe him, maybe me, but we were zigzagging through the hallway, our lips locked, my back against the wall, then his, banging and colliding in the narrow space until we got to the bedroom. "
144 " Men who pick you up when they hug you,” said one of the girls. I didn’t know which of them it was, but they all sighed in unison. I stared at their spellbound faces. They caught me looking at them and cinched up their expressions. There was a moment of awkward silence. “Well, hopefully it’s a man you like,” I said. “Otherwise it could be a pepper spray moment.” It "
― Leylah Attar , Mists of the Serengeti
145 " If you think you can use her to get to me, you -”“I don’t need to use Sierra. I get to you just fine. "
146 " If I ever found where he’d stashed my spiked heels, I was going to nail his black heart to the mast of his fucking boat. "
147 " I would have stayed.” Her words were muffled against my shirt. “If you’d asked, I would have stayed.” My heart swelled with emotion. I knew she would have. She would have given it all up for me. So how could I not do the same for her? "
148 " This. This is what a kiss should feel like. Like nothing else exists. All yearning and dizzy and falling and flying. Great big galaxies of want and wonder spiral inside of me. "
149 " This is what it looks like when you wander somewhere between the sand and stardust, and meet a piece of yourself in someone else. My "
150 " My greatest loss had led to my greatest love. Hearts were broken, and hearts were healed. Lives were lost, and lives were saved. As "
151 " When you lose someone you love, it doesn’t end with that event, or with their funeral, or with their name on the tombstone. You lose them again and again, every day, in small moments that catch you off guard. "
152 " I wish I could explain to you what that voice does to me. I wish I could explain to you how you make me feel. I don’t think I’ll ever fall as hard and as fast for anyone, the way I fell for you. I don’t think I’ll ever love anyone the way I love you. "
153 " TIME. THE LESS you have of it, the more precious it becomes. "
154 " All this time I’ve been searching for her in the wrong places—in the rain, and in thunder, and lightning. And all this time . . . there she is, hiding in rainbows. "
155 " The tree outside Skye’s bedroom had grown taller; the branch he’d used to climb in was now scraping the roof. Damian tilted his head back, following it, and saw a pair of brown legs dangling through the leaves. It was the nut-busting girl, with her scuffed-up, nut-busting shoes. She was leaning against the trunk, reading a book, unaware of being observed. Damian instinctively cupped his balls. What the fuck was she doing back here? "
156 " We were like the shells we had once picked for MaMaLu—all the hard parts worn so thin that we could see right through each other. "
157 " Losing someone you love tunes you in to the fragility of life—of moments and memories and music. It makes you want to embrace all the foolish, inarticulate longings that pull at your heart. It makes you want to grasp un-played notes of un-played symphonies. "
158 " Mind-blowing sex and love? That’s enough for a damn good start in my book. "
159 " This is what it looks like when you wander somewhere between the sand and stardust, and meet a piece "
160 " I have a life-threatening allergy to peanuts and I just ate a whole bunch,” I said. “If I don’t get immediate medical attention, I’ll die. "