“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Per aspera ad astra. I’d heard a variety of translations, but the one I liked best was Through the thorns, to the stars.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“I never asked where he went, worried he wouldn’t ask me to follow.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“There is no comfort like complicity.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
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