“Not everyone wants you to be someone else, Elsie. And I definitely wouldn’t want you to be George.”
“And why is that?”
“It would be a waste.”
“A waste of what?”
“Of you.”
― Love, Theoretically
“And why is that?”
“It would be a waste.”
“A waste of what?”
“Of you.”
― Love, Theoretically
“I look at him looking at me, and overflow with something I cannot put a name to. “Because when I’m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I’m with you, I want to play more than I want to win.”
― Check & Mate
― Check & Mate
“Bold of you to assume that the real me is my best hand.”
“Foolish of you to think it isn’t.”
― Love, Theoretically
“Foolish of you to think it isn’t.”
― Love, Theoretically
“He told me once that sometimes, with some people, it's not about winning or losing, That with some people, it's just about playing. Though for the longest time, I didn't really believe him.”
― Check & Mate
― Check & Mate
“Galaxies pass through his black eyes, and I wonder whether this second could last a century. Whether the universe could be just me and him, understanding each other on a forever loop.”
― Check & Mate
― Check & Mate
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