Luc

“It’s disconcerting.” His breath was hot on my cheek. “But in the past seventy-two hours, I’ve found myself thinking over and over that we could fuck however you wanted. For however long you wanted. Wherever you wanted. I’d consent to any and all demands, and it’d be so good that you’d probably just ruin me for the rest of my life, and I’d just sit there, grateful.” He let out a laugh. “Rue. It’s humbling, how bad I want you.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

“He’d wash her car, read her a book, sit here outside her door and just make sure she was safe and protected.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

“The kind of love I’m looking for, not everyone has the capacity for it, Eli.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

“Jude. You are in no mood for games, very well. I am in no mood for them, either. Let me write it outright; You are pardoned. I revoke your banishment. I rescind my words. Come home. Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must. Just come home.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing