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“O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever livèd in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“Why, James?” Meredith said, quietly, reproachfully, as if he had somehow betrayed her. “You of all people should understand . . . We don’t owe him anything.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding?”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“I felt her sigh, and when she breathed her sadness out, I breathed it in.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains