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41 " The cafe across from the hotel served chicken and dumplings that reminded me of the ones Ma made. So, even though I preferred unclogged arteries at seven in the morning, I indulged myself for sentimentality’s sake. Chicken and dumplings used to be Dad’s favorite. We had it every holiday and for all three meals on his birthday. These didn’t hold a candle to Ma’s, but the dumplings had been cut into the same shape, and if I squinted my eyes and medicated myself enough, I could probably convince myself they were Ma’s. Add in some hallucinogenics, and I’d be fighting Dad for the leftovers. "
― Parker S. Huntington , Devious Lies (Cruel Crown, #1)
42 " you dolt. "
43 " When I loved a book, I didn’t read it once. I read it over and over again—until the pages fell off, until I could anticipate the words before I read them, until they sunk into me and melted inside my bones in a way that never happened with books I’d only read once. "
44 " This is why ribs form a cage around the heart. It’s an untamed animal, and wild animals can’t be trusted. "
45 " Starless nights were a sign secrets needed to be shared. The abyssal darkness provided protection, and he’d said, if I was going to tell a secret, it had to be under an empty sky. "
46 " I’d give you the ability to look at yourself through my eyes. You’d see that you are not the storm. You are lightning in the storm. You are what pierces through the clouds and shines brightest.You'd see exactly why I love you. "
47 " Fate is a hurricane. You think you know where it's going. You think you're safe. And just when you think you’ve weathered the storm, its path moves directly into yours. You, Emery Winthrop, are my hurricane. My fate. My Durga. My Tiger. "
48 " I wanted to share my starless skies and steal his scorching sun. I would never understand it, but it was my truth. "
49 " I wanted to crack open her mind like a book and read it, but I was fucked if it became my favorite book to read. "
50 " Isn’t it crazy how we mind our own business, not knowing our next step can be the one that determines our forever? "
51 " Giving up sets you up for failure. It’s like saying you want something, but not hard enough to work for it. "
52 " Tell me another way to speak without speaking, and I’ll learn it, live it, breathe it. "
53 " Mistakes are powerful, not because they have the power to ruin your life, but because they possess the power to make you stronger. "
54 " Silence is the best response to people who don’t deserve your words. "
55 " It threw me off balance. I recovered slowly, like I’d suffered a career-ending injury. Kobe and his torn Achilles. Beckham and his snapped Achilles. Durant and his torn Achilles. Why are all these motherfuckers injuring their goddamn Achilles? "
56 " Chantilly "
57 " Nash reminded me of a favorite song. One you play so often you think you can't stand anymore. But in the silence, when the world is quiet and your brain is pliant, the chords repeat in your mind, and you remember it’s your favorite melody. "
58 " (Fuck Yale.) "
59 " To me, touching him was a song on repeat you couldn’t forget. Each touch—the beat. Each orgasm—the bass. Each demand of his—the lyrics.Beg for me.Suck my cock.Swallow my cum.A song that never got old. "
60 " he looked like a dog like Shawn Spencer looked like a psychic. "