“Sometimes you have an idea of a person — about who they are, about what you'd be like together. But sometimes that's all that it is: an idea. And for so long, I have been afraid that I loved the idea of Emily more than I will ever be capable of loving anyone real.”
He looked at me like the act of doing so was painful and sweet. “It was never just the idea of you, Avery.”
― The Final Gambit
He looked at me like the act of doing so was painful and sweet. “It was never just the idea of you, Avery.”
― The Final Gambit
“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Six of Crows
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Six of Crows
“Being yours does not make you mine.”
― A Curse for True Love
― A Curse for True Love
“I swear this is what I really want.” He spoke each word like a vow. “I want to erase every moment you and I have spent together, every word you’ve said to me, and every time I’ve touched you, because if I don’t, I’ll kill you, just like I killed the Fox.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
“You came back for me.”
“I protect my investments.” Investments.
“I’m glad I’m bleeding all over your shirt.”
― Six of Crows
“I protect my investments.” Investments.
“I’m glad I’m bleeding all over your shirt.”
― Six of Crows
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