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“The same two things could happen to two people, but that doesn’t mean they would experience the exact same stress over it.”

“You need to fall in love with yourself first.”

“You don’t get to decide what your life means to anyone else.”

The King’s Perspective Story…

“If silence was a river, your tongue would be the boat.”

“Don’t make your presence known. Make your absence felt.”

“He takes a step closer to me and it suddenly feels like I’ve swallowed his heart because I have all these extra beats in my chest.”

“It’s a nice day. I didn’t want to be locked in a classroom.”

“They could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were mysterious even to yourself, remained impregnable.”

“When you make love you’re using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don’t give a damn for anything.”

I love how the end of the book ties back to the beginning: (Chapter One) “A black cat wove around her legs… Now the entire tavern would know she was a witch.” (Chapter Thirty) “Hello there” The feline head-butted into her palm in response. “Do you think I’m a witch?”

“It was a kiss that promised many sweeter, slow kisses to come.”

Chapter 19: “Dream of me,” he whispered smugly, and she did.

“Never let anyone else tell you who you are... No one decides how bright you shine but you.”

“Vigilante emails going rogue.”

“I cannot believe this chucklefuck.”

“We are all broken. . . It’s what we do with the pieces that matters.”

Chapter XIX: The Island Of Lampri

“No one ever said you had to pretend everything was okay. Grief means we loved fiercely… and if that is all anyone ever has to say about either one of us in the end, I think we lived our be at lives.” - Hermes

“Dreams—nightmares—prepare us to survive. They bring our anxieties to life so we may fight them.” - Hypnos

“It’s the start of a war.”

Hades: “You look beautiful today, have I told you?”
Persephone: “Not yet. Tell me again.”
Hades: “You’re beautiful, my darling.”