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and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happ...more

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She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before. And then, the space between us ex...more

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It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen that, how can you go back where y...more

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Dr. Keller begins pacing. "I don't think we've been hearing Faith just right. Her guard...the words..they sound alike."What do you mean?"Your daughter...more

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Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses you've wo...more

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Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions.

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Hope is what makes you look outside the window to see if it's stopped raining. Hope is what makes you believe he'll text you back. Hope is why you buy...more

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I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.

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If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?

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I can't do this to you,' he said, drawing back. Emily put her hand on his and pulled the gun to her temple. 'Then do it for me,' she said.

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How could she trust this man, so imprecise with his words, to take care of the burial? To say there had been a loss was ludicrous; one lost a shoe or ...more

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She had loved him. He knew this; he had never doubted it. But she had also asked him to kill her. If you love someone that much, you did not lay that ...more

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I'm too much of a coward to kill myself. And too much of a coward to live

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If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase-not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the people you had lost and the g...more