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“Nina didn’t hate Carrie Soto for stealing her husband because husbands can’t be stolen. Carrie Soto wasn’t a thief; Brandon Randall was a traitor.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Our parents live inside us, whether they stick around or not... They express themselves through us in the way we hold a pen or shrug our shoulders, in the way we raise our eyebrow. Our heritage lingers in our blood.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Small boundaries broken, snapped like tiny twigs, so many that June barely noticed he was coming for the whole tree.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“But they were in love, the kind of love that hurts. They hit highs so high neither of them could quite stand it, and lows so low they weren't sure they'd survive them.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Your whole world can be falling apart, she thought, but then Springsteen will start playing on the radio.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Instead, Nina Riva stood on the edge of the cliff she'd never wanted, and looked out onto the water she wished was closer, and for the first time in her quiet life, screamed into the wind.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Why take a chance on another book when I already know I like this one?”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“She was a woman, after all. Living in a world created by men.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Mick married again, shortly after he divorced Veronica. The biggest star in Hollywood. It was a huge scandal, the talk of the town when they had it annulled the next day.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“You were born a piece of shit and you’ll die a piece of shit just like every other piece of shit on this planet!”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Dolphins had been swimming along the shore in Malibu well before she was born and they would be swimming along the shore here in Malibu well after she left, and she took comfort in that.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“But I don't think what you're born into says anything about where you're headed.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“And she had long known that assholes protect their own.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“People that are cool don't really need to play cool, do they?”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“We were born with magic in our hearts.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Small boundaries broken, snapped like tiny twigs, so many that June barely noticed he was coming for the whole tree. With every move Mick made, as he held her, as he kissed her, June lost sight of the exact moment to speak up and then resigned herself to the pain of having never spoken up at all.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“But when the lights went out that night, and all of them lay in their separate beds, staring at the ceiling, June knew that she, and Nina, and Jay, and Hudson all had lost something. They were now living with a different-sized hole in each one of their four hearts.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Luckily for us, I've never met a bad idea I did not immediately embrace like the dearest of friends.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In

“I want a mobster’s son with the face of an angel and the rap sheet of a street kid. I want the singer with a soft heart wrapped in barbs and trip wires of devastating wit to keep it safe. I want the billionaire’s unwanted son with eyes of ice and an endless love for his sister.”
― J. Bree, Just Drop Out

“Eclipse Anderson. I prefer Lips, though.”
― J. Bree, Just Drop Out

“I need all the chocolate in this damn building, Avery.” She side eyes me again and then pets my arm in a way that should have been condescending but instead was affectionate. “I hear drinking the blood of your enemies helps with PMS. I’ll ask Ash to bring us a gallon.”
― J. Bree, Make Your Move

“Are you still angry? I can’t sleep with rage in the air, it gives me heartburn.”
― J. Bree, Play the Game

“I’m keeping you forever. I don’t do this shit for anything but keeps.”
― J. Bree, Play the Game

“My murder boy, my sweet boy.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“Just repeat this phrase whenever you feel the urge to jump some other guy’s bones.”
His mouth brushes my ear. “Loren Hale fucks better.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted to You

“I FUCKING LOVE HER!” I scream, my heart thrashing in my ribs.”
― Krista Ritchie, Hothouse Flower

“Never let anyone make you feel ordinary.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box. Don't do that.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo