She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the…

Laini Taylor
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She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now, but she didn't know what to do about it. This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was most certainly missing. ✨ Laini Taylor (2011). Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, p.35, Hachette UK
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