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“He was too spotless to talk of blood and murder like Macbeth, but in the red glare of the fire he no longer looked so angelic. Instead he was handsome the way you think of the devil as handsome—forbiddingly so.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“have the courage to exist.”
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“When did we become such terrible people?”
“Maybe we’ve always been terrible.”
― If We Were Villains
“Maybe we’ve always been terrible.”
― If We Were Villains
“Nothing makes sense to him either. His whole world is falling apart, and once he realizes he can’t stop it or fix it or change it, there’s only one thing left to do.” My eyes adjusted slowly, maddeningly. “What’s that?” His shadow shrugged in the gloom. “Absolve yourself. Blame it on fate.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
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