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“‘Course i’ should– guess I jus’ figure they see all ‘ve us– they exist outside o’ our world– so they got more perspective an’ wha’ no’.” He agrees, going on carefully as his eyes stay fixed on her, giving the conversation between them his full attention. “Think they also care ‘bout us tryin’– whether we tryna make a difference ‘r jus’ tryna get by like you say– think they see everythin’ inside us– no’ jus’ th’ courage.” He pauses, his eyes narrowing in thought, licking his lips as he leans forward on his knees. “They see every part’ve us– all th’ good an’ all th’ bad– an’ we can’t possibly ‘magine th’ wisdom they got t’ judge us for all’ve it.”
Lips press together as she considers his words. He could be right. The Gods could see all of them, judge all of them--but she’d seen too many taken before their time to believe the Gods really had that much say in it. However, death itself was not their topic of conversation--rather, what comes after. “I’m not sure they do. Care, or have all the wisdom often ascribed to them. We’re just ants to the Gods, not really given a second thought.” Shrugging, Kara sits up a little straighter. “When one of us gets a hold of a giant crumb, carrying it on our back, that’s when someone takes notice.”
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“Ayy!” He writes down the order, knowing full well he’d forget, and so Nan could know what was popular with customers. He taps some numbers into the till, looking up. “Just a regular size latte? The sugar’s on the table, so you can add however much you like. And a banana and walnut muffin. And the thanks of one humble barista that doesn’t want his gran to know about his secret muffin snacks.”
Cooper nods along with what the young man is saying. Sugar, check. Muffin, check. Eternal thanks--uh ? Sure. He’ll take it. “Ah don’t stress. If I knew someone who could make muffins as good as these look, I’d be into them too.” Still grinning, Cooper digs out his wallet, fishing out a few bills and handing them over. “Keep the change, too. Stick it in your tip jar.”
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𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝟖 / 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.
❛ I thought about it a lot. ❜
❛ I won’t lie. It hurt. ❜
❛ Hey, make sure you cover the exit, okay? ❜
❛ Distract the big one, go over that car for a clean shot. ❜
❛ That was hot. ❜
❛ I need you to do something for me. ❜
❛ You will pay. ❜
❛ You have a heart as soft as a baby bird. ❜
❛ Is this our life now? Is this our new normal? ❜
❛ Are you okay with it? ❜
❛ Choice is less about what happens than it is about how we deal with it. ❜
❛ I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that have happened to us over this past year. ❜
❛ I don’t think there’s been a single day when I didn’t hear that same voice in my head telling me "Whatever you do do not let her go.” ❜
❛ You cannot change the world on an empty stomach. ❜
❛ I need a drink first. ❜
❛ Labels are the opposite of understanding. ❜
❛ It takes courage to remember that this is a world where our dreams do come true. ❜
❛ But our heart always knows the truth. ❜
❛ People who bear the full weight of truth sometimes break. ❜
❛ Courage. It is contagious. ❜
❛ Your life is either defined by the system, or by the way you defy the system. ❜
❛ Luck is something that reminds you how beautiful the world can be. ❜
❛ Life is not just full of surprises. It’s also full of gifts. ❜
❛ When I’m with you, all the rules and the logic of everyday life, things that were so important to me all go away. ❜
❛ Trying to change the world only leads to suffering. All we can change is ourselves. ❜
❛ Part of being a best friend is caring more about them than you care about a damn job. ❜
❛ Feelings and emotions can overwhelm our logic, and at the same time, logic can ruin the emotions that make life worth living. ❜
❛ I have no room in my heart for hate. ❜
❛ That which does not kill you makes you stronger. ❜
❛ If your dream isn’t worth the risk, what is? ❜
❛ Nothing good ever happens when people care more about our differences than the things we share in common. ❜
❛ Hope is undiscovered disappointment. ❜
❛ You think you’re hunting us? We’re coming for you. ❜
❛ It is not a game. This is a war. ❜
❛ The real violence, the violence I realized was unforgivable, is the violence that we do to ourselves, when we’re too afraid to be who we really are. ❜
❛ Some things in our lives are inevitable. ❜
❛ Look, love is not something we wind up, something we set or control. ❜
❛ Love is just like art: a force that comes into our lives without any rules, expectations or limitations. Love like art, must always be free. ❜
❛ Impossibility is a kiss away from reality. ❜
❛ Without the past, there would be nothing to think about, let alone someone to think it. ❜
❛ I’m one of those people who’s comfortable with the idea that there’s more going on in this world that we don’t understand than all the things that we do. ❜
❛ He’s my brother. And not by something as accidental as blood… by something much stronger. By choice. ❜
❛ This is what life is: fear, rage, desire… love. To stop feeling emotions, to stop wanting to feel them, is to feel… death. ❜
❛ Our existence depends on sheer implausibility. ❜
❛ I take everything I am feeling, everything that matters to me… I push all of it into my fist, and I fight for it. ❜
❛ Sometimes you make a mistake. You’ve got two choices: you live with it, or you fix it. ❜
❛ That day, I learned life and death are always so mixed up together, in the same way some beginnings are endings, and some endings become beginnings. ❜
❛ We, like these books, or these diamonds, have the secrets of our past hidden inside us. ❜
❛ It’s obedience, not resistance. That’s the glue of every country, every army, every religion in the world. ❜
❛ In the end, we will all be judged by the courage of our hearts. ❜
❛ We all know when people are lying to us, we just don’t want to listen. ❜
❛ Death doesn’t let you say goodbye. It just carves holes in your life, in your future, in your heart. ❜
❛ There’s a huge difference between what we work for and what we live for. ❜
❛ I love you. That’s why you can’t give up. I love you. ❜
❛ Killing is easy when you can feel nothing. ❜
❛ The past is done with us the moment we are done with it. ❜
❛ Who can say if it is we who make the choice, or the choice that makes us. ❜
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