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People hope to touch the sky. I dream of kissing it.
“Effy found herself half in love with the Fairy King sometimes, too. The tender belly of his cruelty made her heart flutter. There was an intimacy to all violence, she supposed. The better you knew someone, the more terribly you could hurt them.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
“I was a woman when it was convenient to blame me, and a girl when they wanted to use me.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
“If you hurt me, I wouldn't cry. I would hurt you back.”
― The Cruel Prince
― The Cruel Prince
“You're not just one thing. Survival is something you do not something you are. You're brave and brilliant. You're the most real, full person I've ever met.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
“Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?” Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment.
“No” I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. “Tell me.”
"I can't.”
― The Cruel Prince
“No” I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. “Tell me.”
"I can't.”
― The Cruel Prince
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