Sally

“I have to. Out loud. For the very first time. I have no choice but to make this real. “After I die.” The second the words are out, hanging heavy in the air between us, Koen…smiles. He bends further, and there isn’t a single trace of doubt on his face. He’s an immovable object and an unstoppable force. And he says, slowly, “If you think I’m going to let you die, Serena, you know fuck all.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Mate

“Back in college, whenever Misery would catch me playing with the neighbor’s kids, pinching their cheeks, calling them cute, she’d roll her eyes so hard, her contacts nearly popped out. I hear they shit everywhere. And eat all your peanut butter. That’s true of you, too. Precisely. Do you really need two of me?”
― Ali Hazelwood, Mate

“All I can tell you is that the right person will know who you really are, and they’ll love you anyway.”
― Rebecca Armitage, The Heir Apparent

“My love for her is boundless---and much stronger than my pride. Her happiness matters to me, more than being able to say that I am the cause of it.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Mate