“I wanted her. Not in some distant, theoretical way. Not in a wouldn't it be nice way. No, I wanted her the way I wanted air in my lungs, the way I wanted wake up tomorrow and stil have something to chase, the way I wanted prove, just once, just to her, just to myself, that I could actually win at something that mattered.”
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Lina H. Fredj,
The Lion Tamer: The Hamza Ghazouani Duology (Book 1)