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Sometimes family hurts you more than they could ever love you.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Public (Fallen Crest High, #3))
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You guys are too horny. I don’t think it’s normal.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Those two boys have healed you. They took you in. They protected you. They continue to love you because they’re your family and both of them know it. They love you for the same reasons they don’t love anyone else. You’re pure. It might not make sense to you, but you don’t use them. You don’t want anything from them. You don’t want to hurt them. Your love for both of them is pure.
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Tijan (The Fallen Crest Series (Fallen Crest High, #0.5-3))
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I get to see her at night."
"No deal."
"That's the only deal. I sleep over."
"She's my daughter."
"She's the love of my life". My heart was pumping so damn fast I needed to see her.
David was searching my eyes.
I let him see the truth. I needed her. That was the only way.
"Fine, but only you. Logan can't start sleeping over, too."
"He'll try."
David groaned. "You two, you just storm your way in-"
"We're family to her. We took her in when you let her go. We protected her from that woman.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Public (Fallen Crest High, #3))
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Sometimes family hurts you more than they could ever love you. That’s a truth a lot of people don’t want to hear, but sometimes people get the opposite. They get the families that love you more than they could ever hurt you. Those people are the luckiest in the world. You know what pisses me off? Is that they probably don’t even know it. They don’t know how lucky they are, but, Sam, you’re one of them.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Public (Fallen Crest High, #3))
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When he left for his date, he was late
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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You know, I couldn’t have done what I’ve done without support,” I said. “Support. That’s really important. Support. From family and friends.” Did I have to say it again? He
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Forever (Fallen Crest Series #7))
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Does it matter? He’s going to leave her and she knows it. Do you know what that does to our family? What it’s like to live in that?
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Sometimes family hurts you more than they could ever love you. That’s a truth a lot of people don’t want to hear, but sometimes people get the opposite. They get the families that love you more than they could ever hurt you. Those people are the luckiest in the world. You know what pisses me off? Is that they probably don’t even know it. They don’t know how lucky they are, but, Sam, you’re one of them.” I sucked in a breath. That ache was a stabbing pain now. She leaned forward. Some of her long hair fell forward, but she ignored it as she grasped my shoulders. Malinda moved so we were eye-level. “Forget the people who’ve hurt you. You don’t have them anymore, but you have two others that’ll do anything for you. Mason and Logan would move mountains for you. I see how you are with them. You love them, but you’re scared to let yourself be happy. Why? Because that’s when they’ll leave? Is that what you think? You’ve got it all wrong. Those two will never leave you.” She tapped my chest. Once. Twice. “You. You’re the one that’s going to hurt them. You have that power, and you don’t know it. You could rip those two apart in a second, and they’re the ones who are scared of you. Not the other way around. You need to recognize the real situation.
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Tijan (The Fallen Crest Series (Fallen Crest High, #0.5-3))
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As he fell to the ground with a panicked scream,
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Sometimes family hurts you more than they could ever love you.”
― Tijan, Fallen Crest Public
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Public (Fallen Crest High, #3))
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It’s not for the weak or faint of heart. It will take a toll on you. Your body will hurt. Your soul will ache. Your family life will suffer. No one will understand what you do or why you do it, but you do it. You will work nights. You will work weekends. Holidays. You will bathe the elderly, the weak. You will clean their body, their bodily fluids. You will have to know every medication, what it does, when to stop it, when to give it, and how to get it into people. You will have to know how to interpret blood tests, when the doctor must know. You will have thirty seconds to start an IV, how to hook up an EKG machine. You will need to know how to interpret tracing or when you should give or take away oxygen. You will experience joy, grief, and sorrow in a day, sometimes within the same hour. You are the glue between the patient, the family, the doctor. It’s you who will keep everyone happy, as comfortable as possible. Code blue. Trauma evaluation. Labor. Delivery. Surgery. Babies. Postpartum. Psychology. These and more will all need to be learned. And when you think you know everything, you don’t. You’re just starting. I was asked to write this essay on why
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Tijan (Logan Kade (Fallen Crest Series Book 6))
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I know I’m supposed to stand up here and say a bunch of nice things.” Mason’s voice grew serious; there was no forced lightness now. The room grew quiet. “But I can’t do that. I can say a bunch of things about what I hope for their future. I hope they continue to be happy. I hope they’ll remain faithful to each other. I hope Analise won’t start drinking because even though that’s not what her problem was, I know it might’ve helped. I hope she won’t do anything to tear this family apart. I hope one day Logan and I will enjoy coming to the house again, the place we grew up. I hope our father will one day apologize to our mother for the endless stream of mistresses. I hope Logan will have a relationship with his father, because he didn’t growing up. I hope Samantha won’t fear her mother one day. I hope you both will be welcomed at my wedding one day.” He looked at me then. “I hope you’ll both be doting grandparents to my future children, and I hope I’ll let you see them, and maybe even have unsupervised sleepovers. I hope for a lot of things.” [...] “I know this wasn’t the nicest speech, but I’m not one to be fake. My dad knows that, so he must’ve been expecting something like this. I can say a few good things. I can say that I used to hate my dad, and I don’t any longer.” He tore his eyes away to look at his father. “I don’t have as much anger at you as I did, so maybe you wanted to hear that?” Then he looked at my mother. “And Analise…” I heard a woman suck in her breath at the nearest table. “I can thank you for giving Sam space, but I want you to let her go.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Home (Fallen Crest High, #6))
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Oh, ’ello, ’Arry,” said Mundungus Fletcher, with a most unconvincing stab at airiness. “Well, don’t let me keep ya.” And he began scrabbling on the ground to retrieve the contents of his suitcase with every appearance of a man eager to be gone. “Are you selling this stuff?” asked Harry, watching Mundungus grab an assortment of grubby-looking objects from the ground. “Oh, well, gotta scrape a living,” said Mundungus. “Gimme that!” Ron had stooped down and picked up something silver. “Hang on,” Ron said slowly. “This looks familiar —” “Thank you!” said Mundungus, snatching the goblet out of Ron’s hand and stuffing it back into the case. “Well, I’ll see you all — OUCH!” Harry had pinned Mundungus against the wall of the pub by the throat. Holding him fast with one hand, he pulled out his wand. “Harry!” squealed Hermione. “You took that from Sirius’s house,” said Harry, who was almost nose to nose with Mundungus and was breathing in an unpleasant smell of old tobacco and spirits. “That had the Black family crest on it.” “I — no — what — ?” spluttered Mundungus, who was slowly turning purple. “What did you do, go back the night he died and strip the place?” snarled Harry. “I — no —” “Give it to me!” “Harry, you mustn’t!” shrieked Hermione, as Mundungus started to turn blue. There was a bang, and Harry felt his hands fly off Mundungus’s throat. Gasping and spluttering, Mundungus seized his fallen case, then — CRACK — he Disapparated. Harry swore at the top of his voice, spinning on the spot to see where Mundungus had gone. “COME BACK, YOU THIEVING — !” “There’s no point, Harry.” Tonks had appeared out of nowhere, her mousy hair wet with sleet. “Mundungus will probably be in London by now. There’s no point yelling.” “He’s nicked Sirius’s stuff! Nicked it!” “Yes, but still,” said Tonks, who seemed perfectly untroubled by this piece of information. “You should get out of the cold.” She watched them go through the door of the Three Broomsticks. The moment he was inside, Harry burst out, “He was nicking Sirius’s stuff!” “I know, Harry, but please don’t shout, people are staring,” whispered Hermione.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6))
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No offense to you, lady, but he’s my dad and there’s a whole family factor here that you’re helping to break up.” I turned my hand around and gave her a thumbs up. “But good for you. I’m sure my dad will pay you with lots of dinners and diamonds. If you don’t get the private jet ride while you’re sleeping with him, you’re doing something wrong.
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Tijan (The Fallen Crest Series (Fallen Crest High, #0.5-3))
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Home. Mason was home. He was family. He was the future.He was my soulmate.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Christmas (Fallen Crest High, #5.25))
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Admiral Nelson won the great Battle of Trafalgar against the French during the Napoleonic Wars. The Viscount of Camperdown, who also won many battles during that period, was one of the admirals under Nelson. The Viscount of Canperdown's family crest had a ship with full sails on it and with two little Latin words: Disce pai—"Lean to suffer." That is precisely what Peter and Paul and Job and Moses and Jesus would say to you and me as believers in the fallen world. "Learn to suffer.
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J. Ligon Duncan III (Does Grace Grow Best in Winter?)
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This is my new stepsister. Help me and Mase welcome her to the family.” He gave me a smirk when I twisted around. “By getting her drunk!
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Tijan (Fallen Crest High (Fallen Crest High, #1))
Tijan (Fallen Crest Home (Fallen Crest High, #6))
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But the girls are exiled.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Can you come as soon as you’re done with work? At the house. Your mom threw a bowl at my mom. “I
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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If you go anywhere near Mason, I will have him arrested for statutory rape. I believe there are enough people who can testify that you’ve had intercourse with him.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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It took one party, only one party, and she was walking around with his shirt on the next morning.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Ho capito che non avrei voluto essere da nessuna parte se non al suo fianco, indipendentemente da dove tutto questo ci avrebbe portati. Ho intrecciato le dita alle sue e gliele ho strette. Con forza.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Perché voleva che tu fossi circondata da persone che ti ferissero, così saresti rimasta con lei. Non avresti mai saputo che al mondo ci sono anche persone buone. Neanche io sono un santo, certo, ma quando amo lo faccio con tutto il cuore.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Desidero il meglio per te. Non ho intenzione di imprigionarti. Voglio che tu ti realizzi pienamente, che trovi amici che ti siano affezionati e un lavoro che ti piaccia. Voglio che tu venga nella mia scuola e ottenga una borsa di studio per l'atletica. Voglio che tu faccia tutto questo nonostante tua madre. Se lei l'avesse vinta non arriveresti da nessuna parte.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))
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Se io stessi con Logan e lui fosse qui, non faresti storie. So che Mason non ti piace, ma io lo amo, e in questo momento si sta comportando bene. Se pensi che gli permetterei di distrarmi mentre sto lavorando, allora dovrò dimostrarti che non sono il tipo. [...]" "Penso di essermi innamorata di te. Ora capisco perché quei due ti stanno appiccicati." Nei suoi occhi è balenato un luccichio impertinente.
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Tijan (Fallen Crest Family (Fallen Crest High, #2))