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Sgood to believe in something. Keeps you livin’, when everything else is gone.”
lol you have to be a real dipshit to give a prion virus-like qualities
it takes several months for them to die, and because they’re not zombies in the true sense, they don’t always consume first.
Where survival is concerned, tears have no place. Stay focused, and stay alive.
this boy disguise is living on borrowed time
“I’m going to die, anyway, aren’t I? Eventually?” “Indifference to death isn’t going to help you here. Learn to be indifferent to pain, and you’ll become invincible. Defiant.”
“This hospital. How do they get away with this?”
“By making us believe that Ragers are the biggest threat.”
“What would you name this girl?”
“Wren.”
Should you ever need shelter while on your travels, there’s water inside the trunk of it, and a small bit of food.”
There’s an oily falsehood behind this wall. Like a dream that fails to acknowledge the dark clouds of a nightmare on the other side. We’d never survive out there in the Deadlands—that
“I found you here. In a pool of blood.” Papa’s voice reaches me through the confusing swirl of memories. “You’d hemorrhaged.” “The … baby?” “The Juniper berries induced you, and you lost the baby. You were weak. Dehydrated. And you’d lost way too much blood. I brought you back to the other side of the wall.” “You told me to come here. To this tree.”
“You changed my name?” “To protect your identity. To give you a new start. You once told me you liked the name Wren for a girl. It was—” “My mother’s name,”
oh my. i thought wren was dani’s daughter not that they’re the same person
it’s still a very real fear for us
But there is no monster more terrifying than the human being who lacks compassion.
“Safety is an illusion, remember?” “Yes, you’re right. But survival is reality.”
I’ve also come to realize that pain doesn’t strike at once, as one might think. It’s organic. From the moment you fall in love with someone, your pain begins. You just don’t feel it yet, but it’s there. The silence beneath your laughter. The shadows behind an embrace. Tranquility before the storm. The deeper you fall in love, pain follows like a ghost, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Could take an entire lifetime, or just a couple of short months. Pain has no concept of time, and when it arrives, you’re never ready for it. But it’s always been there, hiding behind a mask of denial,
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please let rhys be 6. at the very least so i can think about rhysand again without devastation. goddamnit SJM, you have made rhys/rhysand a borderline sacred name
do NOT tease me
i do love a ripping the heart out of someone’s chest moment
You see the world as it is. I see the world as it isn’t. But what we see individually is molded by our past, our experiences, and our hopes of what’s to come. Always remember that everyone has a story, and you’ll never know hate for another human being as long as you live.
there isn’t a vaccine in creation that can cure hatred and indifference to human suffering. They are the most virulent diseases in existence.
When the world is at its darkest, somehow love still carries the light. Love is strength and weakness. A crutch and a sword. It can leave a person hollow and heal their wounds. It’s a friend to the stars, with pain as its shadow. A dichotomy whose time is uncertain. But above all things, love is necessary.
