Quotes From "Mayfly Requiem" By Courtney M. Privett

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History is the lie. History's words stain otherwise pristine books, drops of inky poison frosted in sugared deception. Courtney M. Privett
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Only the dead remember the truth. Courtney M. Privett
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The tear-stained letters of my regret will remain forever unread, for I am never going to be strong enough to give them to you. Courtney M. Privett
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Inside all of us is a light, but some beacons are darker than others, and some are so dark they never realize they are a form of light at all. Courtney M. Privett
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What do you live for when everyone and everything you love is gone? Do you keep going, keep stumbling through the dark, or do you find something new to cherish? Maybe neither. Maybe you walk silently and ignore the blows time takes on your heart. Courtney M. Privett
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We are meant to love. We are meant to lose. Love is our promise of a bittersweet end, and our desperate, hopeless struggle not to hurt anyone along the way. Courtney M. Privett
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What is it like to be so free - so trapped, but so free? What kind of bird sings only when caught? What kind of slave outshines and rises above her master? Courtney M. Privett
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Innocence has no place alongside immortality. Courtney M. Privett