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1 " I’m starting to believe there is no such thing as coincidence. "
― Shannon Mayer , Venom & Vanilla (The Venom Trilogy, #1)
2 " Their eyes tracked me as I moved through the club, and I fought not to notice how many of them were next to naked. Or completely naked. A man wearing nothing but a leash sat at the feet of another man who petted his head, as if he were a dog. "
3 " He shrugged. “It’s a good saying. Not if. When. That’s life. Not if you die. When. Not if you fall in love. When. Not if you get your heart broken. When. "
4 " Because suffering was a part of life, and without it you grew prideful and full of ego. "
5 " The heroes only show up when the monsters—the true monsters—begin to revisit this world. Heroes and monsters, they are tied to one another. "
6 " Mean-spirited people have holes in their hearts where all the goodness leaks out. "
7 " I lost you five years ago. I cried every day for years. Every. Day. You were my best friend, Tad. If it had been reversed, I would have sent a letter or called, or just shown up. Something to tell you I was okay. That I was alive. I wouldn’t have let you grieve like that. "
8 " You don’t have to be mean, you know. I’m not fighting you,” I said. “Mean-spirited people have holes in their hearts where all the goodness leaks out.” I quoted my mother without thinking. “I bet you have lots of holes. "
9 " they washed over my bare skin. "
10 " It’s a good saying. Not if. When. That’s life. Not if you die. When. Not if you fall in love. When. Not if you get your heart broken. When. "