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Gild
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Raven Kennedy348,500 ratings, 3.61 average rating, 33,559 reviews
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“It’s the arrogance of men, to think so little of women. And it’ll be their downfall too.”
― Gild
― Gild
“But memory and time aren’t friends. They reject each other, they hurry in opposite directions, pulling the binding taut between them, threatening to snap.”
― Gild
― Gild
“I wish I could string up the sun and keep it tied in the sky, but wishes are for stars, and I hardly get to see any of those anyway.”
― Gild
― Gild
“Does it really matter if your cage is solid gold when you aren't allowed to leave it? A cage is a cage, no matter how gilded.”
― Gild
― Gild
“I’m ridiculously fun. You kind of have to be when the only person you hang out with is you. I wouldn’t want to bore myself.”
― Gild
― Gild
“You are worth more than all the gold in this castle. But I still own you, and I will spend you any way I see fit.”
― Gild
― Gild
“You can pretend a lot of things in life. You can pretend so well that you even start to believe your own deceit. We’re all actors; we’re all on pedestals with a spotlight shining on us, playing whatever part we need to in order to make it through the day—in order to help ourselves sleep at night.”
― Gild
― Gild
“Mouth dribbles red life, breath like choked water. Blue-tinged lips to match his eyes as they rain. My heart shatters itself against my ribs. He looks at me, my teardrops landing on his. I sob. He shudders. “It’s okay, it’s okay,” I cry. Lying for him, as he did for me. And with his last breath, he nods.”
― Gild
― Gild
“I cried beneath my parents’ kisses, but they told me to go. To be brave. That they would see me soon. One order, one urge, one lie.”
― Gild
― Gild
“But a simple friendship. Just two people who enjoy talking to each other, who can share stories and meet in laughter, conspiring only for one another’s amusement.”
― Gild
― Gild
“When I chose to hide away, I was barely more than a girl. Vulnerable. Battered. Scattered. Utterly sick of what the world had to offer.
So I hid in a cage, and I was content to do so. After the things I endured, I wanted it. I accepted the bars, embraced them, even - not to keep me in, but to keep others out.”
― Gild
So I hid in a cage, and I was content to do so. After the things I endured, I wanted it. I accepted the bars, embraced them, even - not to keep me in, but to keep others out.”
― Gild
“And I’m terrified that one wrong step will have me tipping right over the edge, headfirst into a fall that I can’t recover from.”
― Gild
― Gild
“One should never decide something as serious as bangs when they have a bottle of wine in their stomachs.”
― Gild
― Gild
“But memory and time aren't friends. They reject each other, they hurry in opposite directions, pulling the binding taut between them, threatening to snap. They fight, and we inexplicably lose. Memory and time. Always losing one as you go on with the other.”
― Gild
― Gild
“But memory and time aren’t friends. They reject each other, they hurry in opposite directions, pulling the binding taut between them, threatening to snap. They fight, and we inexplicably lose. Memory and time. Always losing one as you go on with the other. I can’t recall what my mother’s face”
― Gild
― Gild
“Are you a princess?” an older girl asks, but I smile and shake my head. “No. Are you?” The children all scoff together, trading looks. “You think princesses live in the shanties like street urchins?” I lower my hood and give her a conspiratorial smile. “Maybe hidden princesses do.”
― Gild
― Gild
“I never misplaced my innocence. It wasn’t my own doing from a forgetful lack of care. It was taken from me, one cruel exploit at a time.”
― Gild
― Gild
“And that, that secret sob I let drain into my pillow, is an ugly truth. But it’s not one I’m ready to face yet.”
― Gild
― Gild
“When I chose to hide away, I was barely more than a girl. Vulnerable. Battered. Scared. Utterly sick of what the world had to offer.”
― Gild
― Gild
“The soft, hovering snowfall is gone, and in its place is a punishing surge, frozen rain sluicing down like spikes.”
― Gild
― Gild
“I keep waiting for rescue to come, for a dawn to bloom, for a star to hatch, for a hope to surface. But it doesn’t.”
― Gild
― Gild
“You can pretend a lot of things in life. You can pretend so well that you even start to believe your own deceit. We’re all actors; we’re all on pedestals with a spotlight shining on us, playing whatever part we need to in order to”
― Gild
― Gild
“As if I could run away from my own disappointments. As if I could avoid my hurts, my shame, my dark thoughts that creep out every time I close my eyes for sleep.”
― Gild
― Gild
“I realize how much I’ve wished for this, this connection with another person. Not an alliance for similar goals, not anything driven by politics or society or even lust. But a simple friendship. Just two people who enjoy talking to each other, who can share stories and meet in laughter, conspiring only for one another’s amusement.”
― Gild
― Gild
