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“I’m a lot of things I never used to be.
“Oh, Luke. Luke, Luke, Luke. Has anyone ever told you that you can be an uptight prig?” “Not in those exact words, no. Has anyone ever told you that you can be a quarrelsome gargoyle?”
“Why do you find it so easy to be kind to me and so difficult to be kind to yourself?”
Like his lonely and her lonely fit perfectly into the empty spaces at the other’s side, saying nothing, asking nothing, just keeping each other company.
“You made yourself into what you needed to be to survive, Luke. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
When I sneak up on people, they call me a villain, but I’m supposed to believe it’s acceptable when love does it?” “Love does have a way of creeping up on you,” Sera admitted. Clemmie nodded. “Like black mould.” “And it’s just as hard to get rid of. Sorry.”
“Because a knight is supposed to be kind and brave and loyal.” He stared at her earnestly. “A knight is supposed to protect other people, not themself. A knight shouldn’t make themself bigger by stepping all over everyone else.” “A knight can’t protect other people if he doesn’t protect himself too,” Sera said gently.
She didn’t know if she felt ready to face the world again, but maybe no one ever knew if they were ready for something until they tried.
if you know where to look for it, there is always a little magic in the heart of a person who loves it.
what an incredible, joyful act of resistance it was to simply exist.
