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Pain is a constant, Novaleen. It is how a person deals with it that interests me. Some conquer it and wield it, while others crumble and fall. So tell me, daughter, when I make this hurt, and I will, are you going to conquer or fall?
You are not alone, Nova. You will never be alone, so stop acting like it. We are in this together, my love. You will remember that or we will remind you every single day we are alive.”
“We’ve got you, baby. We’ve got you. If you need us to hold you while you cry, if you need us to burn the world at your side, or you just simply need this to help you work through your emotions, then we will. We will do anything because we are a family. We don’t just get the happy emotions, but the bitter ones too. Nothing is ever too much for us, so stop shielding us and pushing us out. We want it. We want every brutal, raw edge. We can take it.” “What if I can’t? What if I can’t take it? What if I’m not strong enough?” I admit. “Then we will be strong for you,” he promises, stroking my
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Love doesn’t have to be grand and beautiful; it can be this, a man willing to fight for you, willing to show up every day and put in the work.
Trust, I’m finally understanding, is the scariest thing of all. It’s so easy to break but so hard to earn.
All I care about is killing him and joining her once more.
I’m going to rip every single person here to pieces and then burn it down with me inside.
I can be anything I want in these books, and for the hours that I indulge and read, losing myself between ink and paper, the shitty world around me doesn’t exist. I’m free.”
I want to die how I lived—with madness.”
Life is so much more than what others want for us. There is a big, wide world out there just waiting for us to find our happiness in whatever shape or form that comes in.

