#kathy lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

It's heartbreaking how long a human will hold on to hope, even as evidence mounts against it, even as months turn into years. But when hope is the only thing you have, when giving up on it means allowing eternal despair to devour you, how can you ever let it go?

Deadly Illusion - Kathy Lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

People don't realize that there's a good side to physical pain. It's all your brain can focus on, and you get to escape the hell on earth that's your mind for a little while.

Deadly Illusion - Kathy Lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

If I wanted a happy life, I was going to have to roll up my sleeves and build it myself.

Deadly Illusion - Kathy Lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

But he knew better than anyone that the bruises ran deeper than the skin. They ran all the way to your soul and left permanent splinters in your heart.

Deadly Illusion - Kathy Lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

Love isn't always rational. Sometimes it's wild, fierce, and dangerous.

Silent Vendetta - Kathy Lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

It's funny how a threat to your heart can seem more catastrophic than a threat to your safety.

Secret Vendetta - Kathy Lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

Under the crushing weight of devastation, it wasn't just my heart that began to shatter; it was my soul. I could feel all my happiness, my laughter, my smiles, die in hopelessness. I needed to understand why it happened more than I needed oxygen to breathe because it was the only thing that had the power to take away this unrelenting, unbearable pain.

Deadly Illusion - Kathy Lockheart

[lucy-the-wyrm]

'I don't deserve you,' he said. 'But it doesn't change the fact that I'd burn the world down for you.'

Silent Vendetta - Kathy Lockheart