Our relationship couldn’t continue to balance, as it did, on the point of a knife. We would fall off one edge… — Stephenie Meyer
Our relationship couldn’t continue to balance, as it did, on the point of a knife. We would fall off one edge or the other, depending entirely on his decision, or his instincts. My decision was made, made before I’d ever consciously chosen, and I was committed to seeing it through. Because there was nothing more terrifying to me, more excruciating, than the thought of turning away from him. It was an impossibility.
p. 248Source: Wikiquote · CC BY-SA 4.0
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