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“Respect could build an empire. Trust could make it unbreakable. Love could make it last forever.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Darkness

“Money is better than men.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“In our progressive, permissive society, all these harmful, unhealthy types of ‘love’ are allowed — but not ours.”
― Tabitha Suzuma, Forbidden

“I love you.” He grinned like the boy I was once so desperate to impress. “I loved you first,” I teased like the girl who knew deep down he always liked her too. “Not possible.” He kissed me hard, his tongue sliding into my mouth. Then he leaned back. “I loved you since you told me your friends called you Millie. Even then, when I caught you eavesdropping, I knew I wasn’t gonna call you that, because you weren’t going to be my fucking friend. You were destined to be my wife.”
― L.J. Shen, Vicious