114 Quotes by Leylah Attar

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    I needed his frost and his bite and his unrelenting fury to power us through the storm.

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    There is nothing to hide anymore. When love looks at you, when it truly pins you down and stares into your soul, it renders you defenseless. And in that moment, in that state of humbling nakedness, it makes you completely invincible.

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    He lay on the floor, taking stock of the rest of his body. Legs? Yup, still there. Arms? Present. And functional. Torso? All systems go. Junk? Come in, junk? Alive, captain. Not happy, but alive.

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    Growing old isn’t for sissies,” she said softly. “You lose the people you love. Over and over again. Some get taken away from you. Some walk away. And some you learn to let go.

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    Something clicked inside me at that moment. I stood outside of myself, realizing how easy it was to judge someone, to vilify and condemn the things we don’t understand, because:.

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    It wasn’t just a kiss. It was a lesson – a fierce, burning imprint, so that my lips would always know the difference between being wanted and being craved.

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    We were like the shells we had once picked for MaMaLu – all the hard parts worn so thin that we could see right through each other.

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    It’s me, MaMaLu,” he said, trying to get the words past his clenched throat. “Your Estebandido is home.” The.

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    If I die tonight, I want to die remembering what it was like to hold the whole world in my hands.

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