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stands
“Don’t tell me not to worry about your safety, about your well-being, about you because that shit’s not gonna fly. I don’t want to infringe on your independence, but I’m also not letting a damn thing happen to you. Am I making myself clear on this?”
“I love her,” I tell Grim softly, seriously. “I don’t own her. You don’t hold back someone like Lennix because the beauty is in how she flies. I want to see her soar. I just want to make sure she always lands safely. You know?”
slake
“You go months with no sun, but then you go months where the sun never sets.” “That’s a great way to describe forever.”
saw
A meridian of seconds where I’m completely satisfied, and at least for this handful of moments, there’s nowhere to be, nothing to gain, and this is enough. This, she is the first time I’ve tasted enough, and I savor it on my tongue, hoard it. Fold it into my hands to memorize the feel of complete satisfaction. An entire kingdom fits in this boat. My whole world rests against my heart.
Traditions are the memories of those before us, breathed to life when we carry them on.
“The past is behind us. The future is ours. Figure out how you can change the world right now, and don’t fear it. Do it.”
Whoever decided the best way to spend the afternoon following a funeral was with food and well-meaning, awkward mourners should be punched in the face.
“When you know who you are; when your mission is clear and you burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will;
no cold can touch your heart; no deluge can dampen your purpose. You know that you are alive.” —Chief Seattle, Suquamish and Duwamish leader
“Pusillanimous.”
“I’m always fine with anyone knowing you’re with me. You’re what I’m proudest of, Nix.”
“Don’t think if he does decide to run you’ll be pulling his strings. If you want a Cade for your schemes, find yourself another one.” I position myself between the two men, pressing my back into Maxim’s hard chest and glaring up at his father. “This one you can’t have.”
“I want to be able to choose you both. Dad, we lost Owen. We’ve lost the last fifteen years. I’d prefer we not lose anymore, but you can’t hurt Nix. You can’t threaten or insult her. You accept her, or there won’t be a place in my life for you at all.”
“The strongest take over and make something good better, something that will last.”
Such a fucked up thought white people have ruined this country and right now Donald and Elon are ripping it to shreds
“We weren’t unlikely, Nix,” I say, no levity in the words. “We were inevitable.”
She always said injustice never rested and neither would she.
Bioluminescence in Tomales Bay
