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She had only these sharp men and sharp knives and sharp dreams, and no way to make use of any of them.
It is my greatest prayer that someday you will know enough of love to recognize when it is freely given.”
Secrets gave everything more power, more potential for devastation and destruction.
She stood a little straighter. She had done something good. She had secured an ally through her own merits. And she would use him however she could to destroy her enemies.
That is the best we can do for our children—turn them into strangers with better hopes than we ever had. Your father was a fool and a coward, but his choices shaped you into the fearsome creature you are. I do not want to imagine a world in which you are not you.” For years Lada had nurtured only hatred for her father, to take away the pain that loving him had left her with. But that night in her tent as she drifted to sleep, she let some of it go. Because she, too, was grateful for who she was. She would not wish any part of herself away.
When you start lower, you have to fight for every scrap of space you occupy in the world.”
cannot imagine a god who hates anything that is love, any way we find to take tender care of each other. I want you to find that same love, and I never want you to hate yourself for any love that is in you.”
Hold hands with the devil until you are both over the bridge. Or kill the devil and burn the bridge so no one can get to you. It took a few
