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“The right words are easy when they come from an unselfish place. Don’t listen to anyone who doesn’t have your best interest in mind,
Before tragedy infected me.
My ghosts are now corporeal, carved into my flesh, visible to the naked eye. I can’t hide them anymore.
I’m not proud of my scar. It’s not a noble battle wound or honorable trophy. It’s evidence of my weakness—my lowest point.
“Sad things can be beautiful,”
“There’s nothing beautiful about pain and suffering. Anyone who thinks otherwise never truly experienced it.”
“All broken things can be fixed. The hard part is deciding that they’re worth fixing.”
“You said I look at you like I’m trying to fix you,” she says softly, her eyes scanning my face, searching for a crack. A hole. A way in. “You look at me like you’re trying to break me.”
“Smiles should be saved for things that bring us real joy.”
All this time, I’ve been wrong about her. She’s not sunshine. She’s glittering nightfall, pale moonlight, silver stars in midnight skies. She’s that beacon of light when darkness threatens and consumes. No, she’s not the sun… Melody is the moon.
“The dark is the very best secret-keeper. The things we say in the dark never have to leave it.”
“Nobody’s heart is wrong. We’re given the heart that is meant for us, and if someone else doesn’t see the beauty in it, it’s not meant for them.”
“We are not responsible for the choices that others make. It’s human condition to latch onto the whys and what ifs because that gives us power when we feel like we have none. But we’re looking for power in the wrong place,” she explains. “The power is not in the past—it’s in the present. It’s in how we choose to move forward, and how we can mold our grief into something useful. Something beautiful.”
“You’re the guiding light in a dark sky,” Parker murmurs, his breath tickling the top of my head. “You shine strong when the rest of the world is asleep… when no one is even looking.”
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
