"How do I get better? How do I make this stop hurting?”Annalee set down her crossword. “You should..."

“How do I get better? How do I make this stop hurting?”

Annalee set down her crossword. “You should say good-bye.”

“It’s too late. He’s gone.”

“Sometimes it helps to say it anyway.”

“Can you tell me … Did he ever feel the way I did?”

“Ah, tsigele.” Annalee tapped her pen gently on Gracie’s hand. “Some of us wear our hearts. Some of us carry them.”

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Head, Scales, Tongue, Tail (Summer Days & Summer Nights #1) by Leigh Bardugo (via tessalivesandbreathesbooks)

Fun facts. Tsigele means “little goat.” 

Also the paperback of Summer Days & Summer Nights just came out and it’s so nice to see this story cropping up.