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“Bu yalnızlık, bu sessizlik acılarımı artırıyor... Ağlıyor, ağlıyorum. Gözyaşları, ruhu boğulmaktan kurtarır derler. Ah bu yaşlar olmasaydı, bilmem yaşayabilecek miydim?”
― Güzide Sabri Aygün, Ölmüş Bir Kadının Evrak-ı Metrukesi

“You seem hard to hold, I guess. Your attention."

He took a moment to reply. "That might be true, usually. But you hold mine.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie

“We'll look like a couple."

"Do you want that?"

Truth can demand so much bravery. I did not feel brave. I would not have been brave, if her question hadn't sounded a little hopeful. Yes, I wanted everyone to think she belonged with me, that I belonged with her. Yes, even if it was only for one night. My voice was small. "I do.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie

“I want you to stay in the city for a month."

"Why?"

Because I would miss you. Because I am not ready to let you go.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie