it’s 1am and my poor dad, just trying to get to the bathroom in his half-asleep state, walked out of his room to find my sister putting dozens of stickers on my door and me walking up the stairs with a cactus and a glass of water

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Redesigned bookcovers » A Court of Thorns and Roses trilogy by Sarah J. Maas

“I wonder if some part of me knew what was waiting for me. That I would never be a gentle grower of things, or someone who burned like fire—but that I would be quiet and enduring and as faceted as the night. That I would have beauty, for those who knew where to look, and if people didn’t bother to look, but to only fear it … Then I didn’t particularly care for them, anyway. I wonder if, even in my despair and hopelessness, I was never truly alone. I wonder if I was looking for this place—looking for you all.”