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way she carried herself, like she’d seen it all—the good, the bad, the downright ugly—and still believed in goodness.
“Deep, abiding, unconditional love. You want it so much you’re willing to live for it.”
The biggest sacrifice someone could make was to live for something—to allow it to consume you and turn you into a version of yourself you didn’t recognize.
You want the world to think you have no heart when in reality, you have a multilayered one: a heart of gold encased in a heart of ice. And the one thing all hearts of gold have in common? They crave love.”
“Don’t blame yourself for fucked-up things other people do.”
“If you let lesser people determine your self-worth, you’ll never reach higher than their limited imagination.”
“You don’t have to work overtime to get people to love you, Ava. Love isn’t earned, it’s given.”
“You’re right, sweetheart,” I said, dropping my forehead to hers with a resigned sigh. So. Fucked. “But the rules don’t apply to you.”
“What did I tell you? You’re mine, Sunshine. You’re never touching another man unless you want him six feet in the ground. So yes, we’re fucking exclusive.”
