“For a long time before I met you, I felt my life was this kind of test. I was in deep, cold water, swimming for shore, and my arms were getting tired,my skin numb. On the shore was everything I… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“It could have been anyone,” I said. “All the women who look at you when we go out. Ms. Bisette at school. God, even Hiyam. Why me?” He stared at the coffee table, the reflection of snow like confectioner’s sugar… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“For a long time before I met you, I felt my life was this kind of test. I was in deep, cold water, swimming… — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul and all that jazz.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“Here’s a history of the world: Girl meets boy. Girl fucks boy. Girl gets scared and skips out on boy. Boy builds civilization to… — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“That is all life is. Breathing in, breathing out. The space between two breaths.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“Don’t come here to fuck with my head and play games. You don’t test someone’s love by leaving them.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“It wasn't about flirting with death, like Mom. It was about wanting to live all the way to the seams of life.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“But this is who you are. You’re a liar, and a thief, and a junkie. I don’t hate you, Mom. I’m disappointed in you.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“That's another thing about lies: if you convince yourself they're true, they become true. A lie is a discrepancy of belief, not fact.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“What is this feeling? I wondered. What is this hunger that grows worse the more I feed it? They’d come up with a name… — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“I can't hold on to you. You're like a shooting star. Just a trail of fire in my hands.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“I'm also thinking the night I met you was like someone handed me a winning lottery ticket and said, 'You can only have it… — Leah Raeder Copy Share
“Every time I opened my mouth, flame licked up my throat. I could have razed villages, kidnapped princesses.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share
