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“I love your brother. And I know he loves me too. I wake up beside him and wonder how I could ever be with someone so brilliant. I don't know if in life you would have understood what is between us, but in death I like to believe you are happy for him. I promise you I will look after him, honour him as he deserves.”
― Larrie Barton, These Old Lies

“You don't need to act like this, you know," I said calmly, though my heart was thundering behind my ribs. "Like nothing means anything or like everything's a joke. You don't need to act like that with me.”
― Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

“I sometimes think the only reason I was put on this earth is to love you.”
― Briar Prescott, The Island

“I have loved you from afar. Desperately. Quietly. I have craved and yearned and ached and wanted. For years. For the better part of my life.” My eyes are burning, and I want to squeeze them shut. I want to hide. I don’t. “For you us started on that island. For me we started long before that.” I dash the back of my hand over my eyes and take a big breath. “For me, it’s always been you. Just you. Always you.” I squeeze my hands into fists and my nails dig into my palms.”
― Briar Prescott, The Island