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1 " Every day I wake up is a day I’ve fought for. Every mistake, every laugh, every tear, and every sunrise; I’ve earned through the years of abuse and pain. I carry those memories with me as a reminder of who I am and what’s truly worth fighting for. And if you aren’t able to see that, I’m afraid your soul searching talents are highly suspect. "
― Kristen Day , Awaken (Daughters of the Sea, #2)
2 " Just as I'd felt the warmth of darkness, I could feel the cool breeze of divinity. "
3 " Between the ‘death bridge’ and our little chat with the Queen of the Damned, I’ve decided I should carry a gun at all times; whether it’s to defend myself or to put myself out of my own misery,” Carmen rambled on nervously. “It’s a win-win situation, really. "
4 " Love is a powerful force. It's also much more potent than evil," she emphasized the word 'evil' and gently patted my hand. "Always remember that. You will know what to do. Listen to your heart and decide what you are willing to sacrifice, my dear Pasha. "
5 " Maybe she's a mud puddle nymph," Carmen snickered. "
6 " The main thing I sense is...darkness." As soon as the words were out I realized how awful they sounded, so I rushed to clarify, "But it's not a bad darkness. It's more like a warm-summer-night kind of darkenss, not the monster-under-the-bed kind of darkness. "
7 " Okay, whoa. Back the stinking fruit truck up." She stared at me, "did you just say dying? "
8 " How will I know.""You won't until afterwards. "
9 " It sure is,” I said matter-of-factly. “In fact, we might just be a power couple like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie…minus the twenty kids. They’d call us Finnastasia.” “That sounds like a foot fungus.” “Anafinn?” I tried again. “Sounds like a blood pressure medicine.” “Well, it’s definitely your name throwing it off,” I teased him. “’Anastasia’ has a slew of possibilities, but ‘Finn’ is pretty one dimensional.” I scrunched my nose at him in dissatisfaction. "
10 " No conversation that started with we need to talk ever ended well. It was usually followed by an it’s not you, it’s "