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“There’s one kind of lie even you can tell. Do you know what it is?” She met his gaze in the steel doors. “The kind you tell yourself.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“I can’t protect this world and care about it.” Kate met his gaze. “That’s the only way to do it.” He folded forward. “I can’t.” “Why not?” “Because it hurts too much.” He shuddered. “Every day, every loss, it hurts.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“Humanity was messy. For the majority of his short life, he’d thought of people as either food or bad, clean or stained - the separation stark, the lines drawn in black and white - but the last six months had shown him a multitude of grays.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“Everyone was made of sounds, and August had learned hers the first day they met.”
― Our Dark Duet
― Our Dark Duet
“I know it hurts," she said. "So make it worth the pain."
"How?"
"By not letting go," she said softly. "By holding on, to anger, to hope, or whatever it is that keeps you fighting."
You, he thought.”
― Our Dark Duet
"How?"
"By not letting go," she said softly. "By holding on, to anger, to hope, or whatever it is that keeps you fighting."
You, he thought.”
― Our Dark Duet
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