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“Give us that, Déagol, my love,” said Sméagol, over his friend’s shoulder.
‘“Why?” said Déagol.


‘ “Because it’s my birthday, my love, and I wants it,” said Sméagol.


‘“I don’t care,” said Déagol. “I have given you a present already, more than I could afford. I found this, and I’m going to keep it.”


‘ “Oh, are you indeed, my love,” said Sméagol; and he caught Déagol by the throat and strangled him, because the gold looked so bright and beautiful. Then he put the ring on his finger.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“You need to be able to separate the shock of seeing death from the shock of grief,”
― Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead

“We are not promised a long life, Cassia. Just a life. Take what happiness you can. Hold tight to it.”
― Makiia Lucier, Year of the Reaper

“I feel like I live in a crack between worlds, and sometimes I feel like I might die inside it.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“I don’t tell people things in time. I say things in the wrong order, or assume that people will know.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Marra carried the knowledge that her sister hated her snugged up under her ribs. It did not touch her heart, but it seemed to fill her lungs, and sometimes when she tried to take a deep breath, it caught on her sister's words and left her breathless.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“She cried out in alarm as Jester pushed her against the vanity roughly, pinning her hands before she could cast a spell.
“Naughty, sneaky little fox.”
― Jay Pellegrin, Wizard's Masquerade

“We can only save people who want to be saved.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Are you starting your period? It’s not your time.”
― RuNyx, The Emperor

“Let me know which stars you prefer. The ones above you, or the ones I make you see.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“And when her face transformed with pure joy and she waved enthusiastically, Brendan knew he loved her.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong. —ARTHUR C. CLARKE”
― Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. —JOHN LOCKE”
― Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong.”
― Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“To the quiet girls with stories in their heads.
To their dreams—and their nightmares.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“When you love someone, it's like building a library and filling the shelves. It doesn't matter how many years it's been since Austen wrote Emma or Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise. We can still pull them from the bookcases and dive back into the words, the same as they day they were written. All the years and memories are still right there, cataloged inside us.”
― Rachel Moore, The Library of Shadows

“Are you still pretending?” I said, reveling in his gaze. Ravyn gave a surprised laugh and, in front of everyone, leaned in and kissed me. “I never was,” he whispered into my lips.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

“Do you love her?"
"I exist for her.”
― Tessa Bailey, Dream Girl Drama

“Kate laughs. “One-track mind much?” “My mind has many tracks, but they all lead right back to you.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Lady

“Make no mistake, pretty Kate,” he murmurs to me. “I still intend to woo you. I will give you time to get over your shyness, but just because we have not resonated does not mean that my heart will forget yours.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Lady

“Be wary. Be clever. Be good.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“No commitment. No mating. Just having fun in the furs. No hearts involved.” S’bren shakes his head. “It is already too late, P’nee. I lost my heart to you long ago.” I sigh, because that’s sweet and romantic and so, so not the thing I wanted to hear. “Oh, S’bren.” “It is all right. I know I am the only heart in this cave that hopes for resonance.”
― Ruby Dixon, Penny's Protector

“I do not care what other males have thought in the past. It is only S'bren here with you now. It is only S'bren you should be thinking of pleasing, and your pleasure pleases me. I do not care how long it takes for you to come, only that I give you pleasure.”
― Ruby Dixon, Penny's Protector

“I've always been all-in with relationships. I love the idea of being in love, but in the past, I've always been the one that loved more in the relationship. I've always been the giver, the pursuer, the one that changes to try and please the partner.”
― Ruby Dixon, Penny's Protector