“If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me”

— Cassandra Clare , book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

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“But, dear, cling close to me; since you were gone,
My barren thoughts have chilled me to the bone.”

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With lightning, you went from me, and I could find
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Helmets, and swords, and half-forgotten things
That were like memories of you--but now
We'll out, for the world lives as long ago;
And while we're in our laughing, weeping fit,
Hurl helmets, crowns, and swords into the pit.
But, dear, cling close to me; since you were gone,
My barren thoughts have chilled me to the bone.