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“These walls and the two men inside had swallowed me whole once before, so when I emerged from the belly of the beast, I staggered into the world blinking and raw. This time, though, I have come armed. This time, I’ve come with sharp edges, blades, and a warrior’s hardened heart, and I’ll cut myself free without a moment’s hesitation”
― Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

“I love you. I don’t want to remember a time when I didn’t. I love you. And as long as I am able to draw breath, then I will love you with every single one. I love you.”
― Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

“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

“I’d been telling the truth when I told him he’d saved me over and over again; because if Jude could love me, Jude who was perfect, Jude who was the sun, then it meant I was worth loving.”
― Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining