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“They had taught her that family is found, that whether it be blood or circumstance or choice, what binds us does not matter. All that matters is that we are bound.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Our parents live inside us, whether they stick around or not, Hud thought. They express themselves through us in the way we hold a pen or shrug our shoulders, in the way we raise our eyebrow. Our heritage lingers in our blood. The idea of it scared the shit out of him.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“You are the reason I exist," she said softly, "the very reason I was born.”
― Julia Quinn, An Offer From a Gentleman

“Not James! He was the very best of them. He was the one who had to make it, no matter what. How could there be a world without James Potter? You might as well picture a world without kindness, or laughter, or mischief.”
― MsKingBean89, All The Young Dudes - Volume Three: ‘Til the End