Tess, Tess, Tessa. Was there ever a more beautiful sound than your nam…

Cassandra Clare
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Tess, Tess, Tessa. Was there ever a more beautiful sound than your name? To speak it aloud makes my heart ring like a bell. Strange to imagine that, isn’t it—a heart ringing? But when you touch me, that is what it is like, as if my heart is ringing in my chest and the sound shivers down my veins and splinters my bones with joy. ✨ Cassandra Clare (2014). Clockwork Princess, p.523, Simon and Schuster
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