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“I am a monster, but whether you remember it or not, I’m your monster, Evangeline.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“How can I make you understand,' he growled, 'you and I together don't end well. We just end.'

'How can you know that if you haven't even tried?'

'Try?' Jacks laughed and the sound was awful.

'This isn't something you try at, Evangeline.'

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'This is something that gets one chance to be right or wrong, and if you're wrong, there's no trying again. There is nothing.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“what does having lived mean once you are no longer alive?”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“It is strange that I am dying from a diseased womb, I who have never had periods, I who have never known men.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men