The Oath We Give (Hollow Boys, #5)
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I can’t breathe, ever. Why can’t anyone see that? Can they not see me turning purple? The hands of my mind choking me?
Maddy Martin
New most relatable character
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Why was I so weak? Why me? Why did I love him
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What…
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“I don’t want to die,” I whisper. “Then don’t.”
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I’m going to cry
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“They say I’m dead on the inside.” “They call me cursed. I wonder which is worse?”
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I’m both 😥
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Daddy Caldwell
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You got something right
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“And the girl was willing? She walked down the aisle of her own accord?” 
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Get it grampa
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I’m a killer, but I was also raised to respect women’s boundaries. 
Maddy Martin
You tell em king
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“They say you don’t talk much. Yet, that doesn’t seem to be the case.” “With you.”
Maddy Martin
the chemistry <3_<3
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Hex.”
Maddy Martin
I LOVE IT ALREADY
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“The Schizo” nickname people called him was both unfair and unoriginal.
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Get it queen
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“Since this wasn’t clear enough the other night, let me be frank,” I mutter, hair falling over my shoulder as I push the money toward him. I reach into my bag, pulling out several more twenties and letting them fall to the table. “I can’t be bought, and this makes us even,” I say. “Dinner’s on me tonight, boys.”
Maddy Martin
BADDIE
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“Whatever you need, it’s already yours.”
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oh hes the one
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“Then you better stock up on batteries, Hex. You’ll need them.”
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Sir
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I’m not afraid of a curse, especially when they look like Coraline Whittaker.
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A MAN WHO YERANS IS A MAN WHO EARNS
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“You can’t put a price on you,”
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SLICKER THAN ICE
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“We need masks.”
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Oh yeah
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“I wish you could see yourself the way I do. The way others see you. You’re not this cold bitch, Coraline. No matter what the world tries to tell you.”
Maddy Martin
I wish I had good siblings like this
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“Silas, I promise to be your peace when the world provides only war. To be your secret keeper and safe haven. Today, I vow to be the one person who accepts you for who you are and who you will become.” She glances up at me, holding my gaze as she speaks the last line. “Till death do us part.”
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Bro Im goin cry
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“On this day, I vow to make your rage my own, to weather the storm of your revenge and keep you forever safe. I promise to stand by you. No matter what comes, you will never be alone. Till death do us part.”
Maddy Martin
dam was that jst on the the spot
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The smell of vanilla hits my nose, and I realize that’s the sweet note in Silas’s scent. Vanilla, like his mother, carrying her love with him wherever he goes.
Maddy Martin
Bro this is so cute
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“Say another word about my wife, and I’ll leave your guts on the doorstep of your house. You think your son will enjoy finding what’s left of his father?”
Maddy Martin
YESSSSS
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“You’re my wife, Coraline Hawthorne. If I want to cover myself in the blood of a thousand more men to protect you, I will,” I tell her. “They cannot hurt you without having to answer to me.”
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My jaw is to the floor
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will bite my tongue and sleep on a bed that sits opposite my seventeen-year-old sister until she goes to college, just so I don’t fall into the one-bed trope. I will prevail. Anyway, his hands.
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Bro
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No, they admire me.
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Omg its cause he loves u
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This woman is not a curse, never has been. She is a fucking gift.
Maddy Martin
I wish real men were like this
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“I like you, Coraline. I get you. I was you. And I can’t think of a better way for Silas to honor my sister’s memory than by falling in love again. It’s all she’d ever want for him.”
Maddy Martin
There you go sage always have the best quotes
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“Be a good slut for your husband and get on your hands and knees.”
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IS THIS SAY YES TO THE DRESS OR SAY YES TO THE SLUT
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pretty thing.”
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I love that
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Death of a broken heart by the heart killer. How ironic.
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No cause he didnt die