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Tessa had never felt more alone than she did when his hands slipped from her waist. And that was saying something because she knew loneliness all too well.
“It’s strange what hindsight does. Takes all the layers of emotions and flattens them, either good or bad. It takes time to see the shadows as something beautiful. But of course in the present, hindsight is not possible. The presence is messy, scary, uncertain.”
― The Last Gifts of the Universe
― The Last Gifts of the Universe
“Realizing you're powerless is a powerful moment. The violent act bolts you to the ground, crushing you. You're nothing but a bug beneath the heel of fate, the universe, a shitty situation. I suppose it depends on what you believe in. It's helplessness.”
― The Lazarus
― The Lazarus
“Fascinating. You look all frail and breakable, but you’re really a violent little thing, aren’t you?”
― Fourth Wing
― Fourth Wing
“Even at its core, even without common experience, there is something universal about loss. I can feel it, deep as heartache. Something stirs at loss. Something awakens to it, like a knowing, like an understanding, that this is how everything ends.”
― The Last Gifts of the Universe
― The Last Gifts of the Universe
“There was no deeper feeling of failure than to meet all the prerequisites of happiness and yet not achieve it.”
― The Last Gifts of the Universe
― The Last Gifts of the Universe
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