Rick Riordan quote — “They’d welcomed him aboard their ship. Nico had never allowed himself …”

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They’d welcomed him aboard their ship. Nico had never allowed himself the luxury of friends, but the crew of the Argo II was as close as he’d ever come. The idea of any of them dying made him feel empty — like he was back in the giants’ bronze jar, alone in the dark, subsisting only on sour pomegranate seeds.

Rick Riordan The Blood of Olympus friendship

Kaitlyn O'Connor When Night Falls love

He loved her; in some ways he was devoted to her. But he couldn't reach her, and it was the same on her side. It was as if they'd drunk some fatal potion that would keep them forev…

Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin longing love separation

My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. …

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