A Twist of the Blade (Shadows & Crowns Book 2)

by S.M. Gaither

Humans are terribly fragile, but there’s something about that fragility that is, I don’t know … endearing. The fleeting nature of existence and all that. They live more fiercely, I think, because it all ends. Everything seems bolder. Tragedy, hate, love …”

“I was just thinking that it’s … strange, how you can mourn people who are still alive. Different than mourning the dead, but it still hurts.”

“You can mourn for things that could have been, too.”