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f2a38c9
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"Sam," she said. "I'm trying!" "Sam," she repeated. "No," he spat, hearing her tone. "No!" He began screaming for help then. Celaena pressed her face to one of the holes in the grate. Help wasn't going to come-not fast enough. "Please," Sam begged as he beat and yanked on the grate, he tried to wedge another dagger under the lid. "Please don't." She knew he wasn't speaking to her. The water hit her neck. "Please," Sam moaned, his fingers now touching hers. She'd have one last breath. Her last words. "Take my body home to Terrasen, Sam," she whispered. And with a gasping breath, she went under."
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friendship
love
celaena-sadothien
sam-cortland
heartbreaking
sad
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Sarah J. Maas |
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a40ac07
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"Commander Tool Belt" Jason said. "Bad Boy Supreme" Piper said. "Chef Leo the Tofu Taco Expert." They laughed and told stories about Leo valdez, their best friend. They stayed on the roof until dawn rose, and Piper started to believe they could have a fresh start. It might even be possible to tell a new story in which Leo was still out there. Somewhere..."
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memories
heartbreaking
piper-mclean
jason-grace
leo-valdez
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Rick Riordan |
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bd1c2e1
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It was easier to not have to explain, anyway. To not have to tell him that though I'd freed him, saved his people and all of Prythian from Amarantha... I'd broken myself apart. And I didn't think even eternity would be long enough to fix me.
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sarah-j-maas
feyre
new-adult-romance
emotional
heartbreaking
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Sarah J. Maas |
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3813924
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We don't get to choose if we get hurt in this world, old man, but we do have a say in who hurts us. I know I like my choices. I hope she likes hers. I do, Augustus. I do.
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hope
love
philosophy
heartbreaking
the-fault-in-our-stars
sad
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John Green |
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e89c62d
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Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.
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metaphor
heartbreaking
santa
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Barbara Kingsolver |
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a73c04c
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All the birds who were never born, all the songs that were never sung and so can only exist in the imagination. And this one is Teddy's.
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imagination
heartwrenching
teddy-todd
alternate-universe
twist-ending
tearjerker
kate-atkinson
last-lines
heartbreaking
what-if
ending
sad
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Kate Atkinson |
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181806e
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It doesn't seem FAIR, said Anne rebelliously. Babies are born and live where they are not wanted-where they will be neglected-where they have no chance. I would have loved my baby so-and cared for it tenderly-and tried to give her every chance for good. And yet I wasn't allowed to keep her.
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loss-of-a-baby
heartbreaking
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L.M. Montgomery |
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eb60a91
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They slept huddled together in the rank quilts in the dark and the cold. He held the boy close to him. So thin. My heart, he said. My heart.
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inspirational
heartbreaking
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Cormac McCarthy |
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4782513
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Echo is my life. My life. I lover her. If there's a chance I can make her happy... If I can save what's between us... I'll do it, so fucking tell me!
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love
heartbreaking
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Katie McGarry |
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5ad7d03
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A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You open it. You step through. Do you come back?
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heartbreaking
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Jeanette Winterson |
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538c29a
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"She felt him shifting himself under her and around her, rearranging himself, until she was being held in a real embrace. She opened blurring eyes to find that he had tucked her between his forelegs with his neck curled around her. "Shhh-" he said, as she closed her eyes and threw her arms around his warm, soft, slippery neck. "I know, I know. It's all horrible. Just go ahead and cry, Andie. Go ahead and let it out. I think you've been holding it in too long." She couldn't have stopped the flood now if she'd wanted to, and she really didn't want to. He was right. She'd been holding it in too long. She sobbed against his neck, eyes streaming and burning, throat raw and sore, chest aching. She babbled between the sobs, nothing really coherent, but just- She'd wanted a mother. She'd wanted to make Cassiopeia proud of her so that she'd 'be' that mother. Show her that even her if her daughter wasn't like 'her,' she was still worth something. Was useful. Could stand at the Queen's side and- That was all she wanted. And her mother found her so unworthy that Cassiopeia threw her away to feed a monster, like so much offal. "Oh, Andie," Peri sighed in her ear. "Oh, my poor girl. It's Cassiopeia that's unworthy of 'you."
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comfort
mother-and-daughter
heartbreaking
crying
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Mercedes Lackey |