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“Pae, when I look at you... I'm devastated. I'm drowning. I'm dying to catch my breath.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Are you happy? he once asked Jude (they must have been drunk).

I don't think happiness is for me, Jude had said at last, as if Willem had been offering him a dish he didn't want to eat.

But it's for you, Willem.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“I will not fail.
The king's smile is bloody.
I will not falter.
Hysterical, mocking laughter follows.
I will not feel remorse.
"Weak. Just like your father-"
The sword I drive through his chest shuts him the hell up.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“At least you kept your promise. You stayed alive long enough to stab me in the back." He laughs bitterly, remembering the attack after the first ball when I tended to his wound. "And now I promise to return the favor." His voice strains with emotion. "Run, Paedyn. Because when I catch you, I will not miss. I will not falter. I will not make the mistake of feeling for you.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless