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21 " Liquor is a good servant but a fucking cruel master. You keep going the way you were, and you’ll be more than fucked. "
― Tillie Cole , Damnable Grace (Hades Hangmen, #5)
22 " What if this is simply the dark before the sun?” “What?” “What if we are being held in midnight, AK? Both of us locked in the dark of our pasts. Together. And maybe we must endure the darkness for a while.” I swallowed, eyes fixed on hers. “But then, one day will come the sunrise. The darkness will end, and the sunlight will pour in. Sunrise, AK. Just imagine.” She smiled and nearly broke my fucking heart. “We can chase the sunrise together. We can be the sunrise . . . together. "
23 " I ain’t taking no chances with any of it. He’s coming. He’s the only medic that knows how to be on the road when shit goes down. Like it or not, he fought with us in the last war, and we need him now more than anyone wants to admit. "
24 " His affection had somehow become a salve to the constant fire of regret that burned, never-ending, in my heart. And this temporary reprieve, this short moment to be able to breathe, had everything to do with the man that led me home. The "
25 " Welcome to the kickback,” he said and laughed dryly. "
26 " I do not know how to be of help.”I felt her in my arms. “You are, just by being here,” I said. “You help because you understand. No other person has ever understood me like you do.” I held her close. “You understand me, and I get you. "
27 " It was for the best,” she said gently. “I wanted no beauty. I needed no more beauty.” “I "
28 " My mama’s white and my papa is black. I’m your worst fucking nightmare, "
29 " Your eyes remained haunted. Seeing something in the world that your mirth can not dissolve.” I "