Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds #2)

by Micaiah Johnson

i did not come to preach of peace for that’s not the hunted’s duty. —Danez Smith

Being in love with someone doesn’t entitle you to them; wanting someone doesn’t obligate them to want you back.

I want him to be happy more than I want him to be mine.

How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it’s some kind of murder? —Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

You can’t solve any craving for excess by stopping the act. You’ve got to solve what made them need, which is a separate thing entirely. Need can make any act harmful. Even love.

Maybe in a year, maybe in a decade, maybe when we were both old and gray at the end, it might have been. Having all those possibilities close off all at once is like seeing a cluster of stars wink out: It may not materially change anything, but I’ll always know my world is darker now than it could have been.