Elle > Books: x-coverporn‎ (150)

Here’s the thing: these teachers forget that I have to make hard decisions every day.

Here’s the thing: these teachers forget that I have to make hard decisions every day.

Sometimes, focusing on what you can control is the only way to lessen the pang in your chest when you think about the things you can't.

Maybe it’s more than just a tale of two cities; it’s a tale of two neighborhoods. On the one hand, people are scared to come over here because they say this part of town is dangerous, “undeveloped”, and a part of me thinks, good, keep out, then. But everyone knows that the good things like farmers’ markets, and updated grocery stores, and consistent trash pickup only happen when outsiders move in.

Every day it seems ‘Buela is stepping back, not just giving me full rein in Babygirl’s life, but also in my own. And I know I should love the freedom, but I don’t think I’m ready for all the safety nets to be cut loose. Doesn’t she know I still need her? That I still wish someone would look at the pieces of my life and tell me how to make sure they all fit back together?

You’re still real enough that I love you.

“If you do this, Nedra, if you choose necromancy… I cannot follow you into that darkness.”
“Oh, Grey,” I said, shifting my bag onto my shoulder

“If you do this, Nedra, if you choose necromancy… I cannot follow you into that darkness.”
“Oh, Grey,” I said, shifting my bag onto my shoulder. “What do you know of darkness?”

“I love you, Nedra, but...” I didn't realize until that moment how the but cancelled out the love. Love could not exist when it came with conditions.

I didn't know what to tell her. That I tried not to think about that kind of stuff, because it was painful, because I thought I could ever hav

I didn't know what to tell her. That I tried not to think about that kind of stuff, because it was painful, because I thought I could ever have it, but when I did end up liking someone, it always made me ache right down to my core. I realized pretty early on that the who didn't really matter so much. That anybody who listens to me, I end up loving them just a little.

No one wanted to believe their mistakes were preventable. If your future was foretold, then you weren’t accountable for it.

No one wanted to believe their mistakes were preventable. If your future was foretold, then you weren’t accountable for it.