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“It almost changes hue with the light. Sometimes a chalky lilac grey. Sometimes denim blue. Like the eyes of Jamie Fraser. You know Jamie Fraser? From the Outlander books? What a ride. He’s in my top-ten fictional romantic leads.
“That’s what I was trying to work out—dream or dead? Worst trivia game ever.”
People are bloody exhausting.” I give him a sideways glance and point over the road. “I only live down there. And I agree. People are exhausting.” “Exhausting but necessary.”
Everyone found Mum alluring. Well, everyone except for Dad, in the end.
Nothing strips away the carefully curated cool demeanour of a person faster than being around those who raised them.
“I thought you didn’t care what people thought of you.” “Most people. Not all people.” He smiles at this.
People truly lose their minds when their hearts get broken.”
It turns out that after all these years, I might actually have been a latent slut, just waiting for the opportunity to bloom.
“In Twilight, Bella was literally in danger of her blood being guzzled not only by Edward but also by his whole family and his enemies too, of which there were an excessive amount! And she still found a way to make it work, because soulmates.
The thing about people is you have to let them drag you to places you don’t want to go. Let them tell you things you don’t want to hear. Let them break you and put you back together. Like my beloved Stephen Sondheim wrote—Somebody hold me too close, somebody hurt me too deep. That’s what being alive is.”
