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“I want more out of this life than a title and my name on a building. I want love. I want a family. I want meaning… When you want it all, you have to give something up.”

Note: Author wrote this well. Struggling marriage, MMC finally reconnecting with his wife, wants to stop the affair due to his wife finally wanting to start a family, and fix there broken marriage. But now she’s gonna find out about the affair and oh, the dead body.

“Trapped in loveless marriages where we come second to the people we love.”

Note: “she told me five years ago she didn’t want kids. I thought I’d be able to change her mind. I couldn’t.” - Never go into a relationship expecting to change them in anyway shape or form.

Note: “I’ve lost count of the number of times Sarah promised she’d come with me for a weekend but later canceled.” - Disappointment leads to resentment and resentment leads to divorce.

Note: First chapter makes me concerned for marriage and how easy you can hide what you’re feeling/doing from your partner. Also goes to show how communication and quality time are important.

“She kissed him then, long and slow, reveling in the little piece of heaven she saved from the dark depths of Hell.”

“My heart, it’s yours.”

“Firstly, let me reintroduce myself. My name is Salemaestrus Erasmus Blackwell, Prince of the Devils. But you, Angel, may call me Salem.”

“In all the darkness, in all the loneliness, you have been my one source of light… my soul will go to its grave with your name echoing in my mind.”

“In a different life, in a fair one, I would’ve kept you until my eternal soul withered away to dust.”

“Death brings so much clarity.”

Note: Ophelia and Blackwell falling in love wouldn’t repeat history from her mother and father being cursed but rather break Blackwell curse since he needs a heart to be freed.

“If there were ever a divine entity I’d worship… it’d be you… my body, your altar.”

“Life is not measured in good or bad thoughts— it’s how you treat the world around you despite them.”

Salemaestrus = Blackwell

“I am not your angel, but I will be your nightmare.”

“Fall in love within Phantasma at your own risk.”

“I want you to let me see you. All of you. There is nothing I have seen yet that has made me look away. No atrocity you could commit to make me not want me you like this. No matter how forbidden… I want to know everything. I want to see all the darkest corners of your mind. I want to taste your sins…”

“Unless you want this to go in a much different direction, I wouldn’t do that again.”

“Life happens. Even in death. No use worrying about things that haven’t occurred yet.”

“Incredible, even Demons have whores—-“ - Cade
“Incredible, the audacity of men worth less than dirt.” - Blackwell

Note: Luci will become her bestie and die in the trials

“It’s a wonder you’re able to sleep, with such darkness crawling in the shadows of your mind.”

“Seeing Mother in that coffin was almost too much for me to bear, but seeing you with no hope for your future is something I cannot live with.” - Genevieve

Note & Quote: “A heart and a key would set me free… but you should hope we do not meet again, Angel.”

“A house of Devils is no place for an angel like you.”

“The dark is for people who are too cowardly to face their actions in the light.”

Note: Her sister forged two 1,000 checks in her mom’s handwriting in order to attempt to pay back some of the 35,000 loan their mother took out on the house for “personal use.” Either way they’re pretty much screwed.

Note; Her mother explained that the Shadow Voice wasn’t actually real. It was just a fixture of her mind.