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"Just because I don`t see the kingdom doesn`t mean it doesn`t still exist," Jack said furiously. "As long as one of us remembers it, it still counts. We decide the end of the game, not them. Not anyone else. You`re so stupid, August. You`re so stupid and I love you so much."

And as the champion stood, boots firm on the ground, howling to the sky, I knew at once that he`d never been mine at all. He was a thing of the earth. He belonged to the streams and the deserts and the darkness. To the sound of thunder and the whispers of the ocean as it clawed the shore. To the rain that fell when the…

Codependency, they called it. co*de*pen*dent [ko-di-pen-duhnt] adjective: 1. Of, or pertaining to, a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way. "Does that sound familiar?" the…

Time passed both quickly and slowly in the hospital -- kind of like a weird, oppressive summer vacation. Where every day seemed like it took ten thousand years, but then you looked up and three months had passed in what felt like an instant.

August sat up suddenly and gripped Jack`s forearm. "I`m doing this for you. Not the Wicker King. Not what we have become. But for you. If anything goes wrong, I want you to remember that." Jack nodded. August slipped beneath the water -- and breathed.

"If he`s your responsibility, you should be responsible enough to fix it. If you`re looking after him, look after him," she whispered furiously. "What do you think I`m doing?" August shot back. "I think you`re doing your best," Rina said, tossing the wet dishrag into the sink. "But your best is not good enough sometimes,"…

"My mom once told me that being alone makes you feel weaker every day, even if you`re not," he said quietly. "But it`s not as bad if you`re with other people who are alone, too. We can hold each other up like a card tower."

All virtues not granted at birth are taught to you by life, one way or another. My mother told me that.