Fortune of Emerald and Salt (Seas of Marecult Duology Book 1)

by Monroe Wildrose

“I have found that women are substantially less foolish than men,”

“I would be a hypocrite if I punished him for saying it, as I do not hate to hear it. I cannot punish a man for thinking my features beautiful,” I said to him, “I only wish that it wouldn’t be all they would think of me. I cannot take credit for my physical appearance. I would rather receive a compliment for something I can take pride in.”

I cannot lay awake at night worried about the things I did not do. I can only be content with what I had the means and opportunity to change.”

I wanted to wear pants and wander a pirate ship doing controversial things with questionable company.

Stop living as if you are here to serve someone else’s end.

“I think something akin to love, yes.” “What is akin to love that isn’t love?”

“Absalom and George’s lives are as different as the sun and moon, and neither is willing to sacrifice their identity for the other. So, they remain conflicted. Their closeness sometimes causes a greater divide between them. So no, I do not think that to be the love that you are speaking about. A love perhaps but not the love. The love that people search for, that books are written on, and the love for which dragons are slain.”

“I would like you to know...,” he paused, looking back at me, “that I don’t think I will be capable of loving someone else as I love you.”

For, it was evident that she had fallen in love with the stars and their mystery.

Thus, dusk and dawn were born, and these are places where day and night profess their love for one another.

After our father filled his head with stories of love that could move cities, he was sure that he had found it.

“I knew you’d be the death of me.”

I can't breathe

“There’s my fearless pirate captain.”

Brb offing myself