“I know I seem naïve." Evangeline pressed on. " I know my faith in love might appear foolish. I also know it might not be enough. But I'm not doing this because I believe I will win. I'm actually a little afraid I'm going to lose. I no longer think love is a guarantee of victory or of happily ever after. But I think it's a reason to fight for those things. I know my attempt to save Jacks could end in a fiery explosion, but I'd rather go up in flames with him than watch while he burns.”
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“Two simple words. Only they did not feel simple at all. They felt like falling. They felt like hope. They felt like the most important words in the world. The words made her blood rush and her head spin until once again it was only her and Jacks.”
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“Beneath this sign was another swaying sign that contained the word: vacancy. And then hooked beneath that was an even smaller sign that read: One bed.”
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“She was afraid as well. She felt as if she shouldn't have been. She felt as if her faith in love was supposed to be unflinching. But Evangeline was flinching a lot.”
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“This is a very bad idea," Jacks murmured.
"I would have thought you liked bad ideas."
"Only when they are mine.”
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"I would have thought you liked bad ideas."
"Only when they are mine.”
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