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“Death, as it turned out, had wings.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“He knew this was childish, but all stubborn acts are childish acts. Here, stubbornness was his only weapon. Patience; stubbornness; love: he had to believe these would be enough. He had to believe that they would be stronger than any habit of Jude’s, no matter how long or diligently practiced.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“My evening star. If the sun burned out tomorrow, your flame would light the world.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Now he looked at couples—in restaurants, on the street, at parties—and wondered: Why are you together? What did you identify as essential to you? What’s missing in you that you want someone else to provide? He now viewed a successful relationship as one in which both people had recognized the best of what the other person had to offer and had chosen to value it as well.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life