Phaedra shook her head. โIf your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm.
Melina MarchettaThe string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mind of its own and the sweat tat drenches his hair and face seems to smother him, but nothing's going to stop Tom. He;s aiming for oblivion.
Melina MarchettaI'm sorry," he says, "for that time I kissed you at that party and for that time at the wedding and more than anything for the thousand times that I wanted to and didn't have the guts to.
Melina MarchettaHow can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again?
Melina MarchettaThere were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning of winter.โ โOh the poor animal,โ she cried out, โtheyโre such beautiful creatures.โ โIโm speaking of the royal seal placed on correspondence, as you would know,โ he said.
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