Quotes From "Awoken" By Sarah Noffke

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No one ever told me how sorrow traumatizes your heart, making you think it will never beat exactly the same way again. No one ever told me how grief feels like a wet sock in my mouth. One I’m forced to breathe through, thinking that with each breath I’ll come up short and suffocate. Sarah Noffke
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The world is dictated by our desires rather than our thoughts. The prior puts the latter in motion. Sarah Noffke
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I’m an anchor and he is the sea and I sink into his tenderness as he presses my hand to his heart. Sarah Noffke
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How can this be real?” I whispered. “I mean you... you... where you come from. Your world. It is so beyond everything I've ever known. And you would... you would take me to the Pumpkin Ball?”“Try and stop me. Serra Elinsen
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There was something very fishy about Riley Bay. Serra Elinsen
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Wars are won from a wink, a gesture, an event that transpired a millennium before the battle. Humanity has always been saved by small acts; the ones where someone gained a piece of their own puzzle, not the ones where a hero stood prodigious on a battlefield. Sarah Noffke
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My dark secret is I’ve always wished I was Gatsby. As heartbroken as he was and as horrible a fate as he endured, I admired that he loved. It’s a difficult thing to do. Sarah Noffke
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Denial has rented a room in my head and frequently stomps around slamming doors. Sarah Noffke