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“It's strange, isn't it?" he said. "You would think it would be impossible to feel two such contradicting emotions about a person at once. To hate someone so much you wish them dead, while at the same time the thought of them being hurt is unbearable. You can't stop yourself from worrying even when you know you shouldn't, can't stop yourself from looking at the door in case they might still walk through it.”
― Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

“Marynka was Midday. Her opposite. Her rival. Her. . . Was there even a word for a rival who you also wanted to kiss? Whatever she was, Marynka was the very last person she should be having those sorts of thoughts about.”
― Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

“You don’t notice the bars of the cage,” Beata said, “unless you start to throw yourself against them. Surviving is a choice too.”
― Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls