#mine:read

[ourblueming]

legendborn by tracy deonn

I recognize that sound. It's the sound of holding on to a cliff by the edge of your nails. The sound of barely containing a pain so immense that to look at it, to raise your own flesh and examine what's beneath, is to risk falling into a darkness you know you'll never escape.

[ourblueming]

lit edit: foolish hearts by emma mills

“It just feels like..." Her voice small. "Sometimes it just feels like I'm faking."

"Maybe everyone feels that way.”

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dumplin’ by julie murphy

Sometimes figuring out who you are means understanding that we are a mosaic of experiences. I’m Dumplin’. And Will and Willowdean. I’m fat. I’m happy. I’m insecure. I’m bold.

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the secret of a heart note by stacey lee

“Elixirs whisper to the mind what the heart already knows.”

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lit edit: the book thief by markus zusak

The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.

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lit edit: heist society series by ally carter

“That’s a lovely piece,“ Kat said, pointing at a Louis XV armoire near the fireplace. 

The man raised his eyebrows. "Did you come to steal it?”

“Darn it,” Kat said with a snap of her fingers.“I knew I should have brought my big purse.”

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anne of green gables by l. m. montgomery

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”

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by your side by kasie west

It was hard to remember what I’d been so scared of. Being treated differently? Lack of acceptance? I was the one who hadn’t accepted myself for who I was. I was the one who needed to be comfortable in my own skin. I hoped I could do that moving forward.