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“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”
― Ian Fleming, Goldfinger

“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice

“Marriage can wait, education cannot.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“You just can't kill people and be pretty. It's confusing.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“I feel like my life keeps happening to me, rather than me living it.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“It was a hard lesson to learn that sometimes it was better to remain lonely than to waste companionship and energy on someone undeserving.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Granted, she didn't want to become evil, but when you spend most of your life trying to see the sun, you begin to wish for rain.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“Caring about other people is very irritating.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

“It had occurred to her many times over that "impossible" was merely a word people used to describe limitations they wished for you to adhere to, so you wouldn't upset the balance.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“She was afraid, but she knew now: fear usually meant you were standing on the edge of something new, something self-altering, something potentially good. Fear was not something she would shy away from ever again.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“I think I am very sad. But I won’t be forever.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“But she had one powerful and far more ridiculous tool in her arsenal. Spite.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“Losing someone didn’t mean the end; it merely meant the beginning of the life you’d lead without them, the beginning of letting in the people you’d gain in their stead.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“Emotions didn’t always know right or nuance; they just knew to be hurt when someone caused pain.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“A tragic inheritance- seeing your mother’s flaws pop up in yourself and having the awareness to know it but no idea how to stop it.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“She looked like the most beautiful nightmare he’d ever seen.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“When someone revealed themselves to be something worse than what you thought, you were then tasked with sorting through what good parts within them were real, if any.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“Her love was too big, and it had been given too freely to people who didn’t deserve it.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain

“I believe that any human being is capable of terrible things if you push them hard enough.”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

“Whenever I pick up a book, it’s like an escape. For an hour or two, I get to be part of the book world instead of my own much more boring world.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“TEN BREAKUP COMMANDMENTS:
1. Move out
2. You cannot be friends
3. Do not process this break-up together
4. Do not bad mouth your ex to other people
5. Get rid of anything that reminds of him
6. Start and exercise regimen
7. Pursue an interest you could not have pursued while you and your ex were together
8. Take a vacation
9. Embrace Change
10. Go on a date”
― Melissa Kantor, The Breakup Bible

“A breakup is the single most traumatic event in the life of a woman outside of a death. Some women can take years to recover.”
― Melissa Kantor, The Breakup Bible

“Because if anything can make death feel like a truly desirable alternative, it's getting dumped.”
― Melissa Kantor, The Breakup Bible

“You’d be surprised how easy it is for some to ignore the problems of the world if they aren’t impacted by them.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“Tatianna, I need you to look in on Bradley in our finance
department.”
Tatianna pouted and folded her arms. “Why?”
“He fell down the stairs.”
She gaped, tucking a braid behind her ear. “How?”
“I pushed him.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“My pathetic, tortured soul is in tatters, and unfortunately, it’s yours.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“Remember, down the line, when it matters, that forgiveness is canine. Meaning if a dog can do it, then you certainly can.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“When a childhood was ruled by the patterns of others, that child learned as an adult to heed them.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“The only way for things to change is to not settle for what is and instead find a way to care.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“It was like he was juggling a million different objects. And they were all on fire.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain