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“No, Sunny. I shouldn’t be scared. You’re the least scary thing in my life. You’re not just tattooed on my skin. You’re branded on my heart. Woven into the fiber of my being. The most constant and reassuring person in my life. When I close my eyes, I see you. When you’re away from me, I dream about you. When I need someone to lean on, you are always there for me. God. You’ve loved me when I haven’t even been able to love myself.” My hands squeeze her cheeks and tears seep out over them. But she’s smiling up at me like I hung the moon.”
― Elsie Silver, Powerless

“She’s not you.”

“What?”

“She. Isn’t. You.”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies

“Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“Anastasia, you are the best thing to ever happen to me, and to call you the love of my life does not do justice to how much I love you. My existence doesn’t make sense without you by my side. For the rest of our lives, in the next life, in every alternate reality, I’ll be yours if you’ll have me. You are my best friend, my greatest gift, and Mila—and Bunny—are so blessed to have you as their mom.”
― Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

“And this isn’t some, I don’t know, trauma response. I’m in love with you, and that’s what I thought when I fell through that ice. How I’ve known for so long and I hadn’t even told you. How I was going to die and you weren’t going to know, and I was so mad at myself. I love you and I’m sorry I didn’t tell you when I realized.”
― Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

“I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“You ate twenty chicken nuggets in about four minutes. It was like you were in an eating competition, but you were the only contestant. I’ve never been more in love with you.”
― Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

“He’s in a Maple Hills Titans T-shirt and gray sweats, and I hate myself for being a woman swayed by a man in gray sweatpants. Shit. No, there will be no swaying.”
― Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

“She’s taught me communicating doesn’t mean everything is perfect, it doesn’t mean we don’t disagree. It means we work through the imperfect bit together, and if we don’t agree, we at least know why the other feels that way, even if it’s not going to change our minds. We’re still individuals, but we’re individuals together, and I never knew relationships could be like this.”
― Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

“I don’t like anything more than I like you. You’re my favorite.”
― Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

“There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,” Neil says suddenly.
“It’s my favorite word in any language.”
“What does it mean?”
He grins. “It means acquiring more books than you could ever
realistically read.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“I’ve given this boy the messiest parts of me, and he’s done nothing but convince me he’ll be careful with them.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”
― Arthur Miller, The Crucible

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Times have changed, Sloane. I’m not scared anymore. You’re not my fucking friend. You’re just mine.”
― Elsie Silver, Powerless

“The answer is no. None of that shit matters. Because we’re me and you. We’re us. Unlikely and inevitable all at once. We’re forever.”
― Elsie Silver, Powerless

“See, Sloane? You can wear someone else’s ring, but we both know you’ve always been mine.”
― Elsie Silver, Powerless

“She may be your wife, but she is my soul," I whisper against his ear. "And I will cut you up piece by piece and burn your empire until it's soot, just so I can watch her be queen of the ashes.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Tu es la mienne, au cours de toutes nos vies,’ I whisper in her ear. I push myself away from her, forcing the distance I’d do anything to erase. Then I’m gone, knowing that was goodbye.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“Si seulement tu savais quel est mon amour pour toi. You consume me, Amaya. Break apart my faith with the fire of a thousand suns and dominate every nightmare until all I dream is you.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“I swear to God my chest feels like it might explode, he’s so happy and free. A lump forms in my throat, and I will back the burn behind my eyes as I watch them together. I’m so fucking angry that this is even a thing I have to feel, that someone treating Quinten like a human being is a gift and not the bare minimum. But the truth is the truth, no matter how ugly it feels.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“These violent delights have violent ends, you have always known this.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“When he turned to her, the moonlight shone upon him in a way that reminded Signa of a painting, wisps of shadows like brushstrokes upon a canvas. “Because I have waited an eternity to meet you, Signa Farrow.” The words were a balm she clung to, relished. “To me, you are a song to a soul that has never known music. Light to someone who has only seen the darkness. You bring out the absolute worst in me, and I become vindictive toward those who treat you in ways I don’t care for. Yet you also bring out the best in me—I want to be better because of you. Better for you.
“In all my existence, I’ve asked only for one thing—for one person who might understand me, and whom I could let myself touch. When I touch someone, I see the life they’ve lived in flashes of memories as they die. But the first time I touched you, it was your future I saw. A glimpse of you in my arms, dancing in a beautiful red dress beneath the moonlight.” He tilted her chin up and Signa shivered, savoring the touch.
“You are what I want.” He drew his hand away. “I know I cannot force you to want me in return, but say that you do, and I promise that I am wholly and unequivocally yours. Say that you do, and I will make this world everything for you, Signa.”
― Adalyn Grace, Belladonna

“Your name is no curse, Little Bird. I just like the taste of it”
― Adalyn Grace, Belladonna

“Hello, Little Bird. Come to stab me again?”
― Adalyn Grace, Belladonna

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“I want your trouble, and your complications, and everything else that comes with you.”
― Chloe Walsh, Keeping 13

“But don't forget that you'll always be my 13." She sniffled and wiped my cheek with her fingers. "My binding 13." I choked out a pained laugh, thinking about that stupid bet. "You heard about that?" "Yeah." Half-sobbing/ half-laughing, Shannon smiled and nodded. "I won.”
― Chloe Walsh, Keeping 13

“I'm all in, Shannon. Scars and all. Fucked up father and all.”
― Chloe Walsh, Keeping 13