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“No … because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo. And anyways, I think once people know the truth, they will be much more interested in my wife.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Say to them, “Evelyn Hugo just wants to go home. It’s time for her to go to her daughter, and her lover, and her best friend, and her mother.” Tell them Evelyn Hugo says good-bye.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Are you from London?” Ruby asked. “Originally.”

“My home town’s much less glamorous. Can’t we pretend I sprang fully formed from the head of Zeus?”

“Your accent puts you somewhere between Hampstead and Philadelphia.”

“That’s the middle of the ocean!”

“Yes. Maybe you’re Venus, rather than Athena.”
― Kate Mascarenhas, The Psychology of Time Travel

“Oh, vows could be broken. Of course they could. And yet Priya was… not entirely a safe person to lie to. And worse still, Malini did not want to break a promise to her.
There was a sound, somewhere below them. Priya’s jaw hardened.
“Promise me this, or one way or another, you die here.”
“You’ll kill me after all, Priya?”
“No, you fool woman,” Priya said, eyes blazing. “No. Never me.”
― Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne