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“It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.”
― Ian McEwan

“Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can every quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly the same slight emphasis on the second word, as though she were the one to say them first. He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“Find you, love you, marry you, and live without shame.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“The sparks reflect in her eyes. They shudder from brown to purple, giving her an unearthly look, like her gaze might run me through. Part of me wishes she would.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm