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“Jules: Emma, God, Emma. I love you so much.
Emma: Julian, I...
Jules: Don't. I don't want to hear anything reasonable, not now. I don't want logic. I want this.
Emma: But you need to know ...
Jules: I don't. I've been broken for weeks. I need to be whole again. Even if it doesn't last.
Emma: it can't last. It'll break our hearts.
Jules: Break my heart. Break it in pieces. I give you permission.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Without lifting his head from his own journal, he said, “Not having any luck figuring me out, then? Don’t worry, you’ll get better with practice. And, yes”—he grinned wickedly, eyes fixed on his paper—“you’ll still fancy me tomorrow no matter how much you wish otherwise. I’m unpredictable, and you adore it. Just as I cannot wrap my massive brain around the equation of you and yet adore it.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Stalking Jack the Ripper

“This,” Neil flicked his finger to indicate the two of them, “isn’t worthless.”
“There is no ‘this’. This is nothing.”
“And I am nothing,” Neil prompted. When Andrew gestured confirmation, Neil said, “And as you’ve always said, you want nothing.”
Andrew stared stone-faced back at him.”
― Nora Sakavic, The King's Men