Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

by Scarlett Drake

“He’s going to break your heart, you know. And still, you’ll love him. He’ll break it over and over again and you’ll continue to love him.”

“The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day after terrible day.”

“It wasn’t your fault. These things happen.” “Yeah, I know. I think logically she knows that too, but we feel how we feel. We can’t logic our way out of feelings, you know?”

“I’m yours, Cas,” I told him. “You’re mine, and I’m yours. Always. Tell me you know that, tell me.” “I know, Jude,” he replied, soothingly. “I know.”

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”