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“Hellie was gone. But she wasn’t. Her body was lying on the mattress, on her back, a foot away, her tight T-shirt splattered with vomit, still and cold. Her skin was blue. How long had her ghost lain there waiting for Alex to wake? There were two Hellies in the room. There were no Hellies in the room.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“After class, I tell Strane that I see Lolita in the Wyeth painting and try to explain why—because the woman looks so beaten down with her skinny ankles, because the impassable distance between her and the house reminds me of the description of Lo at the end, pale, pregnant, and destined to die. Strane shakes his head and says for the millionth time that I assign too much significance to that novel. “We need to get you a new favorite book,” he says.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“I know I can be cruel,” he says. “But nature can be crueler.”
― Victoria E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“He lets souls wither on shelves. I water them.”
― Victoria E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue