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Category: Cynthia Hand

I can’t leave you,” he says hoarsely.”I can’t leave you either,” I say, shaking my head. “I can’t.””Then don’t,” he says, and grabs me behind the neck and kisses me again, and the world is tilting, and everything goes black.

clara-gardner, heartbreak, love, tucker-avery

What purpose will your death serve?””It will serve to prove that you do not control this kingdom. It will serve to prove that not everyone will bow down to you. You think to rule us with fear, but you cannot. I will never renounce my beliefs, or my husband.

inspirational-attitude

It’ like he has the ability to take on some of my pain. I feel so much better around him. Stronger. And he is willing to take my pain. He wants to bear it with me. I can see it shining in his eyes. I’m more than a duty to him. I’m more than his literal dream girl. I’m so much more.

Dad scowls. “Phen.” He says the name like it’s a swear word. “Disgusting, cowardly creatures, the ambivalent. Worse than the fallen, in many ways.” His eyes are so fierce it’s a tad scary. “They have no conviction at all.

ambivalence, angels, anger, conviction, cowardly, disgust

But my anger was a slippery thing, like a fish I was trying to keep hold of, and it wiggled out of my grasp.

It’s your mind you have to train, like your mom said that one time, you have to separate yourself from all the crap, get down to the core, focus.

advice, inspirational, motivational

I understand now that nobody could have saved Ty but Ty. There’s no one else to blame. Not you. Not me. Ty was holding all the cards.

It’s been nice knowing you, Clara.’Huh? My brain still a bit shell-shocked.’Say a prayer for me, will you? He gives me a shaky grin. Because I’m pretty sure my parents are going to kill me

clara-gardner, funny-quotes, tucker-avery

Shawshank’s good,” he says. “But you can’t beat the way Woody Harrelson kills zombies. He takes such joy in it.”“Uh-huh,” I say, making a face. “I’ve always found zombies to be the least threatening of the scary monsters. I mean, come on. They’re slow. They’re brain-dead. They don’t plot evil or try to take over the world. They just—” I put my arms out in front of me and give him my best zombie groan. I shake my head. “So not scary.”“But they just. Keep. Coming,” Christian says. “You can run, you can kill them, but more of them always pop up, and they never stop.” He shudders. “And they try to eat you, and if you get bitten, that’s it—you’re infected. You’re doomed to become a zombie yourself. End of story.”“Okay,” I concede, “they’re kind of scary,” and now I’m vaguely disappointed that we’re not here to watch a zombie movie.

brain-dead, scary, zombies

My mother always says that love is like a snakebite, a venom slowly spreading through your veins.

beautiful-imagery, metaphor

Because he was English and that’s what the English do under stress: they drink tea.

humor, tea, true

How’s happiness class going, by the way?””Okay, so far.””Are you feeling happy?” he asks with the hint of a smirk.I shrug. “The professor says that happiness is wanting what you have.”Christian makes a thoughtful noise in the back of his throat. “I see. Happiness is wanting what you have. Well, there you go. So what’s the problem, then?””What do you mean?””Why is the class only okay?””Oh.” I bit my lip, then confess. “Every time I meditate, I start glowing.

angels, glory, page45