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“I appear to have misplaced the fucks I give for what you think.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Heroes don't get happy endings. They give them to other people.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“I believe there are far more possibilities than happily ever after or tragedy. Every story has the potential for infinite endings.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“Hope is a difficult thing to kill, just a spark of it can start a fire.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“All stories are made of both truths and lies, [...] What matters is the way that we believe in them.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“The fates weren't dangerous because they were evil; the fates were dangerous because they couldn't tell the difference between evil and good.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“But you have to have a working heart for it to break.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“If you think I'm jealous because someone else got to stab you, then you're right.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“I don't know if I can fix your broken heart, but you can take mine because it's already yours.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“Regret was the worst.
Regret was sour and bitter, and it tasted so close to the truth she had to fight sinking into it.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“He was still indescribably breathtaking, but it was all the tragic beauty of a sky where every single star was falling. His hair was a storm of broken gold. His eyes were a mess of silver and blue.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“Jacks gave her a smile that was all sharp edges. A drop of blood fell from the corner of his mouth, and something godforsaken washed over his expression. "Hurt is what made me.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“In the morning you can forget it. You can go back to pretending you dont like me. and i can pretend i dont care.But for tonight, let me pretend youre mine”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Although given how driven Jacks was, if he were to be, loyal, she could see him being loyal to the death.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“i do not want you dead, and i'll kill anyone who tries.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Ballads never end happily, everyone knows that.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Jacks no longer felt like her enemy, he felt like her home.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“It didn't matter if he stayed forever cursed. All that mattered was that he stayed, that he chose her instead of fear.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“In the morning, you can forget it. You can go back to pretending you don't like me, and I can pretend that I don't care. But for tonight, let me pretend you're mine.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“I’m going to go back and stop your son from killing her.”
The queen’s face fell. For a moment, she looked as old as the years she’d spent lying in a suspended state. “That is not a small mistake to fix. If you do this, Time will take something equally valuable from you.”
The Fate gave the queen a look more vicious than any curse. “There is nothing of equal value to me.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“I wish our story could have had another ending.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Happy endings can be caught, but they are difficult to hold on to. They are dreams that want to escape the night. They are treasure with wings. They are wild, feral, reckless things that need to be constantly chased, or they will certainly run away.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“He held her with the type of intensity that only happens when a person wants something that isn't quite theirs.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Where were you?” she asked.
“I was killing innocent maidens and kicking puppies.”
“Jacks, that’s not funny.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“It hurts, Jacks.”
“I know, love. I’m going to take you somewhere safe.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“One generation to change the text. One generation chooses to teach that text. The next grows, and the lie becomes history.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“My breath catches and my body warms, the traitorous bitch. You are not attracted to toxic men, I remind myself, and yet, here I am, getting all attracted.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“You never considered that it was you I couldn’t stay away from?”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“You’re not going to handle me?” I call after him, shock raising my brows.
“Not tonight!” he tosses over his shoulder.
I scoff. “What are you waiting for?”
“It’s no fun if you expect it,” he answers, striding into the darkness. “Now, get back to bed before your wingleader realizes you’re out after curfew.”
“What?” I gawk after him. “You’re my wingleader!”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“It’s been. My honor.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing