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A War like Ours QUOTES

A War like Ours QUOTES

1 " People think it's the monsters who do bad things, but it's not. It's people like us. All the monsters ever do is live in storybooks. Or in closets. It's the humans who destroy things. Life isn't black and white, James. It's all fucking gray. "

― Saffron A. Kent , A War like Ours

2 " The sight of her blood— brick red and rusted against her soft skin— sent a shot of madness though my own. Its taste still lingered on my tongue— metallic with a hint of citrus.
The hum morphed into a buzz, and it told me that with Madison anything was possible. It told me that together we were malleable, inside out and bent; we defied nature. Together we were transcendent, symmetrical. "

― Saffron A. Kent , A War like Ours

3 " The boxing was taking a toll on his hands. The marks seemed like broken lines of destiny. A map to his pain, maybe even this big, dark secret. I was never good at geography. Who cared what direction was east? The sun would rise, anyway. But I wanted to study the map of his skin. "

― Saffron A. Kent , A War like Ours