a thousand lifes

blog dedicated to literature

[adriansydney]

favorite girls ☆ sydney katherine sage

Out of old habit, I put my hand on my collarbone, touching a cross that was no longer there. Don’t let them change me, Let me keep my mind. Let me endure whatever there is to come.

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favorite girls ☆ eleanor douglas

She never felt like she belonged anywhere, except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else. 

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favorite girls ☆ juliette ferrars

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

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Books were, and always would be, something a little magic and something to respect.

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superhero

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Why would you do that? Why would you do that for me? Because you deserve credit for what you've done. Because he needs to realize you aren't the person he's always thought you were. He needs to see you for who you really are, not for all the ideas and preconceptions he's built up around you. It should have been enough for you to tell him who you are - to show him who you are - but he wouldn't listen.

[adriansydney]

Not just with my hands but with my heart.

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In the end, it wasn't a boy who helped me. It was my sister. 

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You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you’re less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone—not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee—push you around.

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I think you may be the best friend I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot and spent a shit ton of days and months and years with them than the short time I’ve spent with you. His hands wavers by my hip, but he doesn’t touch me. I’ve never wanted to bolt out of your door. I’ve never wanted to leave you. This - it’s a first for me. He nods to himself a couple of times. So you’re the best - and I want to hug you, if you let me.

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But Rose Calloway was different. She was fashionable. But not a sorority girl. She was a genius on paper. But not a team player. She was quick to loathe others. But not against loving. She was a complicated equation that didn’t need to be solved.

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heroines + name meanings (1/?) 

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Everything has changed. Because once upon a time I was just a child. Today I’m still just a child, but this time I’ve got an iron will and two fists made of steel and I’ve aged fifty years. Now I finally have a clue. I’ve finally figured out that I’m strong enough, that maybe I’m a touch brave enough, that maybe this time I can do what I was meant to do. This time I am a force. A deviation of human nature. I am living, breathing proof that nature is officially screwed, afraid of what it’s done, what it’s become. And I’m stronger. I’m angrier. I’m ready to do something I’ll definitely regret and this time I don’t care. I’m done being nice. I’m done being nervous. I’m not afraid of anything anymore. Mass chaos is in my future. And I’m leaving my gloves behind.

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Noah appeared beside Blue. He looked joyful and adoring, like a Labrador retriever.

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My mind... It's who I am. I think I'd rather suffer any other injury in the world than have my mind tampered with.

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Being with you is the best thing that's ever happened to me, the one perfect decision I've made in a lifetime of fumbling and poor judgment. I'd go through it all again to be by your side. Never doubt that. Never doubt how I feel about you.