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“You make a habit of destroying things when they displease you?”
“The first rule of London, friend. No one cares about the truth.
“Derek Hawkins bears the two character traits unacceptable in a man: insufferability and a desperation to be admired by all.
“You do not let them win. Not ever. There is nothing in the world they like more than tearing a woman down for having too much courage. And there is nothing in the world that makes them angrier than not being able to break her.”
“Catherine gave me a kitten. She thought I deserved something as arrogant as I was.”
“I asked him to want me—and he refused.” “Because all men are addlepated imbeciles who deserve to be strung up by their thumbs in St. James Park and set upon by bees.” Lily blinked. “That’s terribly creative.” Sesily smirked. “I may fantasize now and then.”
“The world harbors impressive hatred for women who make the mistakes I did. Beauty, used for anything but the holiest of acts, is a sin.”
“It is a great fallacy, you know. The idea that first is most meaningful. That second is. That any that follow are. That the circumstances of those early encounters somehow mean more than the one we choose forever. It is the lie the world tells us, but you have taught me to know better.”
