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“Aaron always fell in love with her. Every time.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Marry me,' he whispers.
I stare at him, disbelief and joy colliding. And it's the look in his eyes —the hopeful, terrified look in his eyes— that nearly kills me. I'm suddenly crying.
I clasp my hands over my face. A sob escapes my mouth. Gently, he pries my hands away from my face.
'Ella?' he says, his words barely a whisper.
I'm still crying when I throw my arms around his neck, still crying when he says, a little nervously—
'Sweetheart, I really need to know if this means yes or no—'
'Yes,' I cry, slightly hysterical. 'Yes, yes to everything with you. Yes to forever with you. Yes.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“Now that I am grown, I think don’t take no for an answer is a lesson we teach boys who would be better off learning that no means no.”
― E. Lockhart, Family of Liars

“It was obvious, every time he put them in the same room. They were like magnets.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me