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“Fondness was the best word she could think of to describe what they felt for each other. Fondness was warm but not tepid, the color of amber, more affectionate than friendship but less complicated than love.”
― Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

“I was young, I thought I needed the money, but then I realized that my carefree friend was actually living the good way, even though love and heartbreak are often a package deal.”
― Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

“I am constantly trying to learn the rules, only to realize that the people who win don't seem to follow any.”
― Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

“You are not wrong for loving what you do," he says. "You are lucky. Life doesn't hand everyone a passion in their profession. You and I won that round." "It doesn't feel like winning," I say. "No," Aldridge says. "It often doesn't.”
― Rebecca Serle, In Five Years