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To all those who have known the weight of darkness and still shine. You’re stronger than you know.
Hope is a dangerous thing to possess.
Do not fear the dark It was where we were born And it is where we all shall die
“Never lower your eyes in the face of death,”
“You shouldn’t fear dying, only failure.”
She made your heart pound for the first time in years.
“And here I thought you would crack if you smiled. Shame.”
“But I need you to always fight, even when they tell you that you’ve already lost. If you don’t, then none of us stand a chance.”
“And you are an unfeeling, miserable bastard. And when you die, it will be alone.”
“Sometimes the best part is the middle…before the ending can ruin it for you, that is.”
“If you think for one moment that I will let them go and die in that cursed fog without me, then you don’t know me at all.”
“In you, I recognized something I long ago believed I’d forgotten. In you, I saw who I used to be.” Free.
“Don’t overthink everything. You might be surprised by how much you’d like being out of control. Being alive is chaos, and living in it is half the fun.”
I’d learned that day that sometimes we have to give away pieces of ourselves to others we love, even if it hurts at the time. Without sacrificing those parts, nothing new—and possibly wonderful—could grow in their stead.
Love was nothing if not sacrifice, and for him, I’d willingly give all of myself.
“You are what I imagine the sun to be like,” I whispered so softly I wasn’t sure she could hear the admission. “Fiery. Beautiful. Damning.”
didn’t release her this time. “I wish you’d never come…because now I might have to watch you die. And that, I would regret for the rest of my days. However many I have left.”
“Life is too damn depressing not to find joy anywhere you can.
Courage is unlocking the door to your cage and taking flight. True bravery is burning the cage to the ground.
“I’ll never forget the day my own father blinded me.”
The heart is the wickedest of beasts, for it can never be tamed.
“I like you ruined for me.”
“Don’t resort to the dark when you could hold the very sun in your hands.”
“You saved me. Kiara Frey. You are the only light I will vow to protect.”
Love is not the absence of self, but rather, the absence of fear, For only the brave drop their armor and walk onto a battlefield with their hearts exposed.
“Thank you for reminding me of the man I wish to be.”
I hope you find beauty in your dark. And I hope you shine.
