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Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart.
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She'd always known he didn't love her. But it was easier to bear when he didn't know she loved him. That way they were even. Now he knew he had all the power.
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If anyone had been paying attention to the signs, they would have realized that air turns white when things are about to change, that paper cuts mean there's more to what's written on the page than meets the eye, and that birds are always out to protect you from things you don't see.
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Safe is just another word for scared.
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Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence.
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I think Heaven will be like a first kiss.
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That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.
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But that would leave Paxton to fend for herself, and the last thing any woman wanted in this kind of situation was to look around and see all the people who could help her doing nothing.
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It felt as though they were the only people in the world, two young women about to bury the symbol of their helplessness, as if that's all it would take to make them whole again.
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Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.
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She accepted it from then on. Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.
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Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.
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He reached out and pushed some hair behind her ears. The gesture was tender, but it hit her with an unexpected force, like when you're in the ocean and a wave hits you. It's so soft and coll that it surprised you that it has such strength.
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How we see the world changes all the time. It all depends on our mood.