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1 " Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you. "
― Maria V. Snyder , Magic Study (Study, #2)
2 " Fear causes the dog to bite and Roze was one bitch. "
3 " They were my family, yet they were strangers. "
4 " Don't judge what you don't know. "
5 " Good food, fresh water, and an occasional sweet and someone to care for. That's what everyone should have. A simplistic and unrealistic view I knew, but it soothed me. "
6 " Of course, you didn't want our help. Now I have to go beat up some soldier just to keep my ego intact. "
7 " Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her. "
8 " I mulled over the implications and decided not to waste my time worrying about what everyone else thought, or to bother attempting to change their perceptions. My time at the Keep was just a stopover. Let them wonder. "
9 " I took three steps and was wrapped in his arms, where I belonged. No confusion here. No worries here. No troubles here. "
10 " When I carved this, my thoughts were on you, love. Your life is like this snake's coils. No matter how many turns it makes, you'll end up back where you belong. With me. "
11 " I’ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed. "
12 " Her amber eyes burned into mine with all the hate and loathing she could muster. Underneath, though, she was terrified. Hate and loathing didn't bother me, but fear was a powerful emotion. Fear causes the dog to bite and Roze was one bitch. "
13 " Don't feel ashamed for having those feelings and those memories. What happened in the past can't be changed, but they can be a guide for what happens in the future. "
14 " Bad dreams are ghosts of our fears and worries, haunting us while we sleep. I doubt Valek is in trouble. "
15 " Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints. "
16 " I gave him a bored look. I had been threatened many times before and had learned that the men who didn’t make verbal threats were the most dangerous. "
17 " He pulled my arm out to expose my bracelet. "When I carved this, my thoughts were on you, love. Your life is like this snake's coils. No matter how many turns it makes, you'll end up back where you belong. With me." His sapphire eyes held a promise. - Valek "
18 " Pretty stupid,” I called after his retreating form. “To give up before all possible solutions have been tried. "
19 " I wanted to dissolve into the floor, mixing myself with the hard stone. A stone had a single purpose: to be. No complicated promises, no worries and no feelings. "
20 " Should haves lead to death "