“Cobbled streets and no shops open past six o'clock, a communal life that seemed to revolve around church, and where you could often hear bird song and nothing else: Gaia felt as though she had fallen through a portal into a land lost in time.”
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“My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.”
“It was strange how your brain could know what your heart refused to accept.”
“I felt something stir within me. It took a moment to recognise it. Anger.”
“Really-nothing is unforgivable if you truly love someone.”
“Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.”