“Ugh. Feelings.” I take a long drink, then pass her the bottle. She has another delicate sip. “You were right—it’s less horrid now.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry,” she says. “What for?” “You’ve had a rough go.” “Everyone has a rough go. I’ve had it far easier than most people.” “Maybe. But that doesn’t mean your feelings matter less.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“Because I want you to know,” she says, “that there is life after survival.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“So long as you don’t go falling in love with me.” I don’t know why I say it. Call it battlements around my helpless… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“brushes his mouth against the corner of mine, and Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, it takes every ounce of the not-inconsiderable restraint I’ve spent years… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“Which is how I come to be running through the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, dressed only as Nature intended.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“Love may be a grand thing, but goddamn if it doesn't take up more than its fair share of space inside a man.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“I wish I could be better for you." She looks over at me, and I duck my head, shame sinking its teeth in. "I'm… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to explain how you can love someone so much that it’s difficult to be around him. And” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“I do not want to know things, I want to understand things. I want to answer every question ever posed me. I want to… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“Perhaps fashion is just a reinforcement of a lady’s chastity, in hopes that the interested party may lose interest and abandon any deflowering attempts… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“I let out a shy laugh, flit my eyes down to the floor, then back to him through my lashes. His neck goes a… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“Yes, for education. An actual education, not finishing school—they’re going to squeeze me into corsets and bully me into silence.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“Can’t seal up a conversation with a casual Oh, by the way, could you perhaps not touch me the way you always have because… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“What do you want me to say? Yes, I’m ill. I’m an epileptic—that’s my lot. It isn’t easy and it isn’t very enjoyable but… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
