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“She kissed his scars, first the one cutting through his eyebrow, then the one cutting into his cheek, and finally the one cutting across his temple. With each contact, Thorn's eyes widened. His muscles, conversely, tightened.
"Fifty-six." He cleared his throat to make his voice less hoarse. Ophelia had never seen him so intimidated, despite his efforts not to show it.
"Thats the number of my scars."
She closed and then reopened her eyes. She felt it again, even more violently, this urgent call from inside her. "Show them to me.”
― Christelle Dabos, La Mémoire de Babel

“He’s a golden boy. I’m a girl whose life has been drawn in shades of gray.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“I think I’m starting to get used to you”
― Christelle Dabos, A Winter's Promise

“Are you saying I can come home?” “I’m saying,” he murmurs softly, “it’s not home unless you’re there.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place