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“god should have made girls lethal
when he made monsters of men”
― Elisabeth Hewer

“The future, she thought, could not be predicted, and the shape of things could not be divined. To think otherwise was absurd. But they were young that morning, and they could cling to hope. Hope that the world could be remade, kinder and sweeter. So she kissed him a second time, for luck. When he looked at her again his face was filled with such an extraordinary gladness, and the third time she kissed him it was for love.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

“I long for you; I who usually longs without longing, as though I am unconscious and absorbed in neutrality and apathy, really, utterly long for every bit of you.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“It’s still raining,” he objected. “You’ll get soaked.” She laughed. “Well, I’m not made of sugar.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes