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“...there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

“Sometimes the quietest love is the loudest.”
― Liz Tomforde, The Right Move

“You don’t have to love your body every single day. That’s unrealistic to expect, but I’ll be here loving it for the days you can’t.”
― Liz Tomforde, Mile High

“Stevie,” Zanders says. “You following me?”
― Liz Tomforde, Mile High

“I know I don’t have your history, but I want your future.”
― Liz Tomforde, The Right Move

“If you ever decide to stop running and make a home…” His eyes are begging, pleading. “Make it with me.”
― Liz Tomforde, Caught Up

“Sometimes people don’t find justice. Sometimes they have to take it.”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“To defeat a monster, you have to be twice as monstrous.
To love a monster, you have to share your soul.”
― S.T. Abby, Mindf*ck Series

“I love him enough to burn the world to the ground in his name.”
― S.T. Abby, Paint It All Red

“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
"What a stupid lamb," I sighed.
"What a sick, masochistic lion.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“Everyone thought it was hilarious. Look how crazy she is! Even my parents acted embarrassed by me. But nobody seemed to understand that I was simply out of my mind with grief. My children had been taken away from me. With my head shaved, everyone was scared of me, even my mom. No one would talk to me anymore because I was I was too ugly. My long hair was a big part of what people liked – I knew that. I knew a lot of guys thought long hair was hot… shaving my head was a way of saying to the world: Fuck you. You want me to be pretty for you? Fuck you. You want me to be good for you? Fuck you. You want me to be your dream girl? Fuck you.”
― Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

“You have to speak the thing that you’re feeling, even if it scares you. You have to tell your story. You have to raise your voice.”
― Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

“Nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“Some people choose one thing and it becomes their thing and they stick with it no matter what. And there's merit in that. But I think there's also merit in searching for a good fit, too. It's a skill to try and try and try. It takes work and patience and bravery. It's definitely not something to make fun of. It's admirable.”
― Cara Bastone, Call Me Maybe

“Having feelings for someone isn’t about expecting them to be . . . anything, really. It’s about knowing somebody. And liking them for who they are.”
― Cara Bastone, Sweet Talk

“You’re not a problem, Misery. You’re a privilege.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“Maybe you're not meant for me the way I'm meant for you, but I'm going to choose you anyway, over and over and over again.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“Because...what I want to do with you, you don’t do with your friends.”
― Anna E. Collins, Love at First Spite

“If this were my last moment alive, how would I want it to be?”
― Elsie Silver, Flawless

“What the hell is the cowboy hat rule? You wear the hat, you ride the cowboy.”
― Elsie Silver, Flawless

“I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”
― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

“And maybe what growing up really means is knowing that you don't have to be just a character, going whichever way the story says. It's knowing you could be the author instead.”
― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

“Take responsibility for your own unhappiness. If you don’t love your life, change it.”
― Abby Jimenez, Worst Wingman Ever

“That’s the thing about kindness. You never know how big the ripple is. How one little selfless gesture can make all the difference for the person who receives it.”
― Abby Jimenez, Worst Wingman Ever

“Time is such a precious thing. How you spend it, how you waste it. And it becomes even more valuable as the hourglass runs out, because you will never get more of it. I see it every day.”
― Abby Jimenez, Worst Wingman Ever

“You want to watch the world burn?"

"Let me guess, you'll set it on fire?" I ask.

He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me settling into my bones.

"No, darling. I'll hand you the match, and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“The greatest thing I've ever done in my life was to love you,Wendy,darling.”
― Emily McIntire, Hooked

“But you still haven't said you love me."
"That's not true."
"You haven't."
"I say it all the time, I just say it very, very quietly. I tell you when you're in another room, or right after we hang up the phone. I tell you when you've got headphones on. I say it after you shut the door behind you. I say it in my head every time you look at me.”
― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other

“Relearning you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.”
― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other