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“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“He looked right at me as he gave me a half smile. "You're the brightest thing in the room", he said. He lifted his hand from my waist, and slowly, carefully brushed a stray lock of hair from my cheek. "You shine".

My breath caught in my throat. People said those kinds of things about Sloane-not about me.

"What?" frank asked, his eyes on mine.

"Just..." I took a shaky breath. "Nobody's ever said something like that to me."

"Then they don't see what I see," he said.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“My soul sees its equal in you.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“She is the embodiment of a bad decision. The twin of danger and desire. The fine line between deadly and divine. And I can feel myself drowning.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless