“I thought it would be quieter here.” [Anna] hadn’t meant to say anything, but the noise startled her. “The wind in the trees,” Bran said. “And there are some birds that stay year-round. Sometimes when the wind is still and the cold is upon us, the quiet is so deep you can feel it in your bones.”
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“She wanted something she didn't have words for- peace, numbness, something.”
“She might scream when the nightmares found her, but not by choice, not when she was awake.”
“I did survive. I still am. And it won't happen again.”
“I'm not happy," she whispered. "I don't know what I am, but this isn't happiness.”
“What is it doing to me? Will the darkness consume me?”