“Were you in love with him?'
'Yes,' I say, simply. James and I put each other through the kind of reckless passions Gwendolyn once talked about, joy and anger and desire and despair. After all that, was it really so strange? I am no longer baffled or amazed or embarrassed by it. 'Yes, I was.' It's not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I'm in love with him still.”
― If We Were Villains
'Yes,' I say, simply. James and I put each other through the kind of reckless passions Gwendolyn once talked about, joy and anger and desire and despair. After all that, was it really so strange? I am no longer baffled or amazed or embarrassed by it. 'Yes, I was.' It's not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I'm in love with him still.”
― If We Were Villains
“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― The Inheritance Games
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― The Inheritance Games
“We aren’t normal. This place isn’t normal, and you’re not a player, kid. You’re the glass ballerina—or the knife.”
― The Inheritance Games
― The Inheritance Games
“You don't have to kiss me. You don't even have to like me, Heiress, but please don't make me do this alone.”
― The Inheritance Games
― The Inheritance Games
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