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“Maybe if you weren't such a bitch, people would punch you less," James muttered.
"Exactly!" Hollis cried. "I get punched way too often for that to even be considered a viable motive for anything.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“Hollis, sweetheart. There ain't nothin' here for me but you.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“Aw, baby, for you? I'll stick around," he murmured.”
― K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

“Good luck to you, sunflower," Foxface says, a touch of an Irish lilt on his tongue.
"Ezra," he corrects.
"Killian." His smile is light and easy, like they were about to have a chat over drinks and not beat the ever-loving shit out of each other. For a split second, Ezra thinks that's much rather where he'd like to be.”
― Caylan MacRae, Cutting Your Teeth