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21 " Am I a mistake—” “No, myshka. You’re just the unexpected, beautiful thing in my life. "
― Krista Ritchie , The Failed Audition (Circus Is Family #1)
22 " What black eyes you have…” “All the better to devour you with. "
23 " I’m feeling a lot lamer than usual. I mean, I know I’m half-lame most of the time, with flat comebacks and unintentional demonic glares. But I’m reaching new levels. "
24 " She’s not my type! While her ambitions are slightly endearing, they’re mostly delusional! But that’s not even the problem.” I did catch that compliment in there. I mean, this could be worse. Right? “What’s the problem?” Nikolai asks, opening the floodgates. “She has a vagina!” The music switched songs right when he screamed that. It came out so much louder than it should have. "
25 " How do you two even work?” His face is still in that grimace. “Are you always on top? "
26 " She’s trying to find herself. Some days I still wonder if I’ve found me. Maybe we never stop searching. Maybe we evolve the way seasons change, seamlessly without really knowing, not until all the leaves have fallen. This is who I am today. Tomorrow I may be the same. But in years, I’ll be someone else. Someone I may like more. Someone I may like less. And that’s okay. Because I’m still living. "
27 " My life has never felt more complicated, but this is a complication that I'd rather exist than not have at all. "
28 " Life is a rollercoaster with no volunteers. We’re all forced to take a seat and ride it out. "
29 " One out of one-fifty. That’s how unlucky I am. "
30 " It’s like leaving the bathroom with a piece of toilet paper hanging from my pants. "
31 " Diet Fizz as a chaser,” Nikolai says, “or a Fizz Life. "
32 " He’s… There are no perfect words for what I feel. For what I see. It’s staring at a Michelangelo painting and being intimate with the subject beneath the brush strokes. It’s falling to your knees and looking up at a god, who belongs to you. "
33 " And overwhelmed. When someone reaches out and gives you a hand—for no other reason than to see your success—it’s powerful. And rare. "
34 " Vegas may be a genie, willing to grant wishes, but it’s also a devil in disguise, here to slay our dreams just as quickly. "
35 " I’ve found that life is a series of crossroads, dead-ends and U-turns. There is no real destination. There is no goal to end all goals. As long as we’re living, we’ll always keep driving. I’m "
36 " But I've found the truest form of love," he tells me. "It's two loves that can live in harmony." He looks down at me.I stare up at him. My heart on an ascent."The circus and you," he whispers, "amour amour. "
37 " He laughs and stares up at the ceiling, as though a higher power changed his life path. Maybe fate, luck—or him. His choice. He took the risk. "
38 " Don’t love me more than your dreams, myshka. Because I love you too much to let you give them up for me. "