“Because, despite everything, neither want to go but they couldn't stay. Not as they once were.”
Source: The Emperor's Bone Palace
“Where was the magic that would give her wings? That would transport her to a mountaintop? That would change her into a lion? Where was the magic that would help her master this longing?”
“There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in now and an unbreachable gulf between.”
Source: The Haunting of Velkwood
“but minutes soon turned into hours,
hours soon turned into days,
days turned into months,
and a whole revolution in space.
but he never came back”
Source: remains: the silent flames that stay untamed
“At least in my dreams,
you are mine, for a while.”
Source: remains: the silent flames that stay untamed
“Today is not just another ordinary day. It is an opportunity to do, or say, something that just might inspire someone to greater becoming...especially a wayward youth.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“She just wanted one last glimpse, one last minute, one last hug.”
Source: A Curse for True Love
“Jacks had so badly wanted to tell her that he couldn't even remember what Donatella looked like, that Evangeline's face was the only one he saw whenever he closed his eyes, that he would go with her anywhere... if he could.
But he couldn't see her die again. His first fox had believed in him, and she had died, just like Evangeline would. There was only one way their story ended, and it wasn't happy. Her hope might have been powerful enough, but it wasn't magic. It wasn't enough.
It was better to hurt her, better to break her heart, to do whatever he needed to do, to keep her alive and to keep her away from him.
That hadn't changed.
But today, Jacks was failing at letting her go. He wanted to keep her pressed to the floor beneath him. He would have set the world on fire and then let it all burn just to keep holding her like this.”
Source: A Curse for True Love
“And I feel a body saddle up next to me. Feel it. Even though he's not touching me at all, I feel it in my bones. A curious, deep ache and a mild episode of SVT.
He leans against the bar. "How's the weather, Parks?”
Source: Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
“He couldn't tell if she was finally remembering.
But he was selfish enough to hope that she was.
He debated keeping her trapped under him until she did. He knew it was a bad idea, but he wanted her to remember him. He wanted her to look at him, just once, and know him the way she had before.
It was cruel of him to want her to want him again. If she remembered, it would only hurt her more.
He was still haunted by the last time he'd seen her with her memories. It had been right outside the Valory. Hours before, he'd felt her die in his arms.”
Source: A Curse for True Love