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“He gritted his teeth. “Being yours does not make you mine.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I already told you. You are the love of my life. You are mine, Jacks of the Hollow. And you’re not going to be the end of me.” “But you were dying.” “No,” she said, a little embarrassed. “I just forgot to breathe.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Thou calledst me a dog before thou hadst a cause,
But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.”
― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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

“She was the moth and Jacks was still the flame.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“She tried to pull away, but Jacks held tight, knotting her hair in his fist and keeping his forehead pressed to hers. "Please, Little Fox, remember.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“He would carry her through more than just freezing waters. He would pull her through fire if he had to, haul her from the clutches of war, from falling cities and breaking worlds . . .”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“This isn’t just for now, it’s for always, Little Fox.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Once upon a time, a girl who believed in fairytales stole the heart of a prince who had sworn to never love.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I used to fear it
meant that I had no real choices. Then I secretly hoped fate was real and
that you and I were fated, that by some miraculous chance I was your true
love. But now I don’t care if fate is real—because I don’t need it to decide
for me. I don’t need it to make this choice. I’ve made my decision, Jacks.
It’s you. It will always be you, until the end of time. And I’ll fight fate or
anyone else who tries to tear us apart- including you. You are my choice.
You are my love. You are mine. And you are not going to be the end of me,
Jacks.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Jacks had always considered himself more of a sadist than a masochist. He enjoyed inflicting pain, not receiving it. And yet he couldn’t bring himself to leave the shadows of Evangeline’s bedroom.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I'm broken. I like to break things. Sometimes I want to break you."
"Then break me Jacks.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“You ask a lot of questions."
"Only because you do a lot of questionable things.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I’m glad you came.” “I’ll always come. Even when you don’t want me to.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“He wanted her to look at him, just once, and know him the way she had before.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“But when she finally glimpsed her rescuer, the world was suddenly brighter.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“You’re right. You keep saying Jacks is the villain. Yet you just let a man attack me with his pet bird in order to hunt another man down and kill him. You also told my guards—who aren’t very nice, by the way—not to let me leave the castle, despite promising me you’d never lock me up. So, no, I don’t know how much of a threat Lord Jacks is, but I’m starting to see you as one.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I’m actually a little afraid I’m going to lose. I no longer think love is a guarantee of victory or of happily ever after. But I think it’s a reason to fight for those things. I know my attempt to save Jacks could end in a fiery explosion, but I’d rather go up in flames with him than watch while he burns.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Jacks had so badly wanted to tell her that he couldn't even remember what Donatella looked like, that Evangeline's face was the only one he saw whenever he closed his eyes, that he would go with her anywhere . . . if he could.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Being yours does not make you mine.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Then it hit her, not a feeling but a thought—a sharp, fragmented one. She had something important to tell someone.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“She must have lost her mind sometime during the night because she wanted him to move closer. She wanted his hands on her. She wanted him holding her, restraining her, teaching her to fight. She didn’t care, as long as they were touching.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I love you, Jacks. I used to wonder if fate was real. I used to fear it meant that I had no real choices. Then I secretly hoped fate was real and that you and I were fated, that by some miraculous chance I was true love. But now I don't care if fate is real--because I don't need it to decide for me. I don't need it to make this choice. I've made my decision, Jacks. It's you. It will always be you, until the end of time. And I'll fight fate or anyone else who tries to tear us apart--including you. You are my choice. You are my love. You are mine. And you are not going to be the end of me, Jacks.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“What is the point of having friends if they’re not there to support your bad decisions?”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“He seemed uncharacteristically nervous as he reached toward her cheek. He slowly took an errant pink strand of hair between his fingers and tucked it behind her ear. He was so careful, his fingers didn't even brush her skin, but he looked as if he wanted to.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“There were three rules about Fates that Evangeline had been taught as a child. The most important of those rules was to never ever fall in love with a Fate.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“He considered setting the room ablaze just so that he'd have a reason to pick her up and carry her out, to save her one last time, before he left her for good.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“He wanted to keep her pressed to the floor beneath him. He would have set the world on fire and then let it all burn just to keep holding her like this.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“She knew Apollo had warned that regaining her memories would only hurt her, but some things were worth hurting for, and Evangeline believed this was one of those things. She needed to remember.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I’ll ask you one more time, then you lose the eye. And I almost hope you don’t answer, because I’d love to cut out your eye. Who hired you to kill her?”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love