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“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“A classic trait of girlhood - forever confusing your desires with that of an older man's.”
― Chlorine
― Chlorine
“You’re doing it again,” he says at last. I look away quickly. “Doing what?” “Romanticizing nightmares.”
― The Scarlet Veil
― The Scarlet Veil
“I hate you," I breathed into his mouth. "I hate you so much that sometimes I can't think of anything else.”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
“Humans are the downfall to myths. Whether the human razed the home, broke the heart, or betrayed the trust, the mythical is always in a worse state after the introduction.”
― Chlorine
― Chlorine
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