But courage wasn't an absence of fear; it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach.
Ann AguirreIf I ever win you," he said, anger bright in his pale eyes, "it will be because you want me more. Not because he's gone. I'm nobody's second best.
Ann AguirreHe went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death call carried like a mournful song.
Ann AguirreIs that love? It seems like a pale word, too easily tossed about by people who donโt know the meaning of it, who twist it for their own ends. Iโm afraid of it now, right up there with clowns, close spaces, and open flames.
Ann AguirreThey say funerals are not for the dead but for the living. Those rites are what permit you to move on, so if you don't deal with the remains, you can never deal with the memories. That might be true; we may have walked in their dust down on Venice Minor, but it's not the same as a proper good-bye.
Ann Aguirre