DESPITE HER desire to be cold and aloof, she wasn’t very good at that. carina had always been the woman who felt things so intensely, whether that was love, hate, happiness, anger... whatever she felt, she always felt it with every fiber of her being. so even if she tried to be cold towards elijah or at best, cordial, she found herself slipping. she clenched her jaw at his words and she held her head high. “everything is fine,” she forced herself to say, in as light and breezy of a tone as possible. she wasn’t okay. everything wasn’t fine. but she would be damned if she let her stupid feelings get in the way. he was getting married and she had to accept that, and learn to live with it. “i’m just a little tired, that’s all,” she added to try and make the lie more convincing. “but i’ll be fine. i swear.” 

❝    so   ,    we're    kissing    whoever    we    want   ,    now    ?    ❞

“who the hell invited you to this?” being even in the same room as him made evie feel uneasy. her parents were miles away and yet she felt their presence in her head as she stood there.

“i keep having this dream where you forget about me… go to bed with some guy— then my nose starts to bleed.”

“  i’m  not  a  pushover ,  i’m  a  people  pleaser .  there’s  a  difference .  ”

#32: raise hell by brandi carlile.           "you have a mind to keep me quiet and although you can try,” scout was staring at her hands, knowing now that maybe the bloodshed wasn’t worth the trouble. not when it came to people she cared about. but she couldn’t stop, she wouldn’t. not until every bad man was gone.  “better men have hit their knees, and bigger men have died.” as much as she cared about the person in front of her, scout knew that they couldn’t hold her back. “you can either try to stop me, or ignore what me and let me do what i need to do.”

❝    i    could    give    you    a    whole    big    speech   ,    but    you    deserve    better   ,    is    pretty    much    the    gist    of    it    all   .    but    you    know    that   ,    i've    been    saying    it    this    whole    time   .    ❞    states    matter    of    factly   ,    hubris    simper    pulling    at    brims   ,    pompous    demeanor    not    faltering    for    even    a    second   ,    even    in    the    presence    of    mentally    wounded    friend   .    ❝    if    you    want    me    to    start    being    really    honest   ,    i'd    say    ―    break    up    with    her   ,    and    be    with    me    instead   .   ❞