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“She wasn't a photoshopped image on a magazine. She was a real person, flawed. Oddly, that made her more beautiful.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“He'd never have cake again and not think of her, never drink champagne and not think of her. Every success of his life would taste like Esme.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“She'd made her policy on sexual assault very clear. The first time two soldiers were caught cornering a young woman alone at night, she and Venka had castrated the soldiers and left them to bleed out in the dirt with their cocks in their mouths. It hadn't happened again.”
― R.F. Kuang

“He kissed her like she was his whole world, and if she weren't already kneeling, she would have collapsed to the floor.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test