She remembered how her heart, so tight, like a scroll, had opened when Arin kissed her. It had unfurled. If her heart were truly a scroll, she could burn it. It would become a tunnel of flame, a handful of ash. The secrets she had written inside herself would be gone. No one would know
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I only say this because all the world per... MARIE ANTOINETTE Effective tidying involves only three essential actions. All you need to do is take the time to exam... MARIE KONDO You threw everything away."I bring a hand up to touch her face,to wipe the rain from her eyelashes."... MARIE LU You know, sometimes I wonder what things would be like if I just ... met you one day. Like normal pe... MARIE LU I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart a... MARIE LU Billions of people will come and go in this world, but there will never be another like you. MARIE LU My name is June Iparis. MARIE LU I am June Iparis, I remind myself. MARIE LU He doesn't know who I am. MARIE LU She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, easily the most breathtaking girl in the room. MARIE LU Even in the dark, I see hints of a smile creep onto her face. “Yeah. You are a smooth talker.... 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MARIE LU One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. MARIE CURIE You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us mu... MARIE CURIE To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very diffe... MARIE LENERU Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. MARIE CURIE People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a gala... MARIE HELVIN At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested ... MARIE BRENNAN I pity my brother Ferdinand, knowing by my own feelings how sad a thing it is to live apart from one... MARIE ANTOINETTE Most English people are horrified that I use soap, but I like it - it works for my skin. I try diffe... MARIE HELVIN I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I ... TEENA MARIE It is an amazing feature in the French character that they will let themselves be led away so easily... MARIE ANTOINETTE