63 Quotes by Maddy Kobar

The trouble with me is that too much of my blood was bad. The doctors couldn't bleed it out of me; whatever it was.

You didn't ask to be sick. She had said in sympathy and pity. I ignored the pity and embraced the sympathy. What else could I do?

While it was true that I knew very few women, I was convinced that Anya must have been the loveliest of them all. I felt always vaguely disappointed every time I saw her eyes light up when she was in Robert's presence for that is when they shined the brightest. He could be wearing dirty clothes, be covered in filth and she'd still think him the greatest boy alive.

Love me as I am or not at all;If you aren't pleased with what you seeCast me back into the deep swirling sea

You deserve better. I'll give you something so, so much better. By all the beating hearts of the rebel poets, I do solemnly swear, my darling, you shall soon be free!

My madness was too much for them and it was my affliction.

For all the loose morals Robert and his beloved poets had, they were right to celebrate love for it was one of the most powerful forces on earth.

I was the great family embarrassment after all. Wren was hardly my first misstep. Father called them missteps but to me they were legitimate romances. Live and let love.

Keep your temperance, Alexander. I want to live!" He threw his hands into the air and he smiled out to the wide skies above.That's what hope looks like, I thought.