My mother had raised me on a thousand stories of girls who were saved by the Djinn, princesses rescued from towers, peasant girls rescued from poverty. Turned out, stories were just stories. I was on my own.

Alwyn Hamilton
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  1. You know, I never believed in fate until I met you... then I started thinking coincidence didn't have near so cruel a sense of humor
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